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Good Boy

“Good Boy”, a Hello Doggo recording from Good Boy.

Recording and Hello Doggo artwork: CC0 1.0.

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You were small enough to carry 
In the pocket of my coat
On the drive home from the shelter 
With your chin against my throat
And you were scared of every doorway
Scared of thunder, scared of stairs
So I carried you up nightly 
And I set you down with care

I was twenty-three and broke 
And I had nothing to my name
I had rent I couldn't cover
No future I could claim
But you never asked a question
You just took your place and stayed

And you were always waiting
Every door I ever walked back through
You were always waiting
I was late a thousand times 
And I was gone a thousand more
And you never held it against me
You just met me at the door
I don't know what I did
To deserve a love like yours

You were there for all of it
The leaving and the mess
The apartment on the highway
And the one with no address
You slept beside the suitcase 
Every time I packed to go
Like if you guarded it with your body
Then I'd stay...
But I would go

You met her when I met her
You were there when she moved out
You were the one who stayed 
To lie beside me on the couch
There's no one else who saw it all
There's no one else
Just you

The stairs you couldn't climb at first
You couldn't climb again
Twelve years is a life for you
Twelve years is a blink for men
And I carried you up nightly
Just the way I did at first
And I told you you were good
God, I told you you were good
I hope you heard

They say that time is kind 
And that the missing softens some
But I set two bowls down Sunday 
And I don't know where you've gone
I still take the longer walk
I still take the river too
I still look down at my left knee
Expecting to find you

And you were always waiting
So I have to think you're waiting still
Somewhere in the shade
And if there's nothing after this
Then you were heaven anyway
Twelve years of one good creature
Who was glad I came
Who was glad I came

Good boy
Good boy
Lie down now
I'll be along
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