Every rodeo I went to she rode along
She’d wake up with me to care for my horses at the crack of dawn
She protected me, so that I could feed
That dog is the only thing I need

When I layed sick in bed she layed her head on my chest
I was there for a week but she never once left
She was a special breed
That dog is the only thing I need

The night I cried myself to sleep, she got me through
We slept in the back of my car, and I think she knew
That I needed her to lead
That dog is the only thing I need

She drove across the country to the college I was gonna attend
I was so lonely there, she was my only friend
But she helped me succeed
That dog is the only thing I need

She got sick when she should have been in her prime
She laid her head in my lap one last time
God please don’t take her from me
Because this dog is the only thing I need