My Best Friend lyrics

Although he has been gone long ago

I still remember his gaping smile

Happy dog breath and panting so

A goof so gentle in his pack

A terror to those seen strange

Hanging out of the car

Oh so far, wind in his face

And occasionally he would fall out

If it stopped too abruptly

Again taking all in stride

Canned food on Sunday,

Ice cream on his birthday

As if he knew the days

Food so routine for him

As digging or chasing his tail

Howling like a baining wolf

When the neighbor dogs were in heat

Enduring a rolled up newspaper

Such disgrace for instincts

No justice for a wishful bachelor

And torturous tin-tubbed baths

Soap and water, it was inhumane?

As though the grass were relief

An air freshner, a towel of whim

Oh, the glory to be dirty again

Brought opossums home to share

They didn't stay for the hosts

Such an inamiable toothy shame

They were so very inhospitable

On being abruptly invited

Skunks too dubbed him

He thought it a grand celebration

But none would come near

Slow learner, a tomato juice deluge

And that torturous bath

Mutually gotten, sharing all

On occasion poisonous snakes

Wild ducks, plucked and prepped

Shares for man and beast

A wildlife varied feast

Wild game buffet unscheduled

Never to venture entry's edge

Beyond front two paws within

Into the dwelling forbidden

And entice matriarchal rage

Exiting, tail between the legs

His demise, an unyielding truck

Not concerned with a canine's plight

Uneducated in traffic's etiquette

Unable to stop in time, alas

Destiny found him in ignorance

A few last breaths, tears streaming

In mortal torment, so much pain

An unfair end, a deemed mitigation

A few last moments held near

With my best friend