Story Behind The Song

a friend lost a dog and we had discussions about animals going to heaven. pet owners certainly hope so.

Song Description

a boy gets a puppy has it for years. lost and lonely when it dies fifteen years later he prays it went to heaven.

Lyrics

The puppy wasn't much, when I picked him up...the first time
The runt of the bunch, daddy said he wasn't worth...one thin dime
He looked at me, his tail a waggin'
He licked my chin when I put him in....my rusty red wagon
A country boy and his dog headed home

(Chorus)
He wore an old leather collar
We found it in a box out in the shed
It's all I have left of what was the best thing
A boy in the country could have
And I now hold that old leather collar in my hand

Whoa oh oh oh whoa oh oh oh

Now somebody tell me, there's room for my dog...in heaven
I'm praying it's so, cause mine headed that way... last night
Fifteen years and..twenty-four seven
By my side, a shadow of mine his whole life
This country boy with his dog's all I know

(repeat Chorus)

(Bridge)
Ya know he was worth every cent of that thin dime

Wouldn't place a blue ribbon, but always a winner...in my eyes
Just drop the tail gate, get out of the way...ready all the time
I'd take him fishing he'd spend the time swimming
I would laugh until it busted my sides
A country boy on the porch now alone I cry

(repeat Chorus)

Whoa oh oh oh whoa oh oh oh
Now somebody tell me, there's room for my dog...in heaven
Whoa oh oh oh whoa oh oh oh
I'm praying for mine, because mine headed that way... last night