Boy and His Best Friend

Mama tells the story

About the day they brought him home

And meeting him for the first time

She wasn't sure we'd get along

But it didn't take much time at all

For this boy to understand

That I had found my very first best friend

Laying 'neath a shade tree or fishing down by the creek

Fighting made up monsters

Mosquitos, and the summertime heat

And we'd race home as the sun went down

I just knew he'd let me win

Cause winning it don't matter

Between a boy and his best friend

He was there every time my world fell apart

And he sat there right beside me when she broke my heart

And he knew to stay when I thought I could do it on my own

And when I start to miss him I pull out my phone

And dig up a few pictures of my old dog

He don't care how long that I've been gone

And he knows that it's still me

We pick up right where we left off

Running down by the creek

And we'd race all the way back home

But this time I let him win

Cause winning it don't matter

Cause we both get to spend

One more day, a boy and his best friend

I got the call early one morning

I could tell just what was wrong

By the way my mama told me to get back home

I carried him to that old shade tree

And I knew he was fading quickly

So we just there with his head on my knee

He looked up to say goodbye

I guess he knew this was the end

Cause life don't last forever

Between a boy and his best friend

I wish that life could last forever

Between a boy

And his best friend