Stray Dog Waltz

Bb F C F Lord it’s hard to imagine the depth of compassion that kept her from pushing that old stray away F Bb F C F It would have been awful easy to turn away from that flea-bitten mutt that would not go away. Bb F C F Who knows where the stray dog goes, did he get lost or does he know? Bb F C F Did he leave or blow away like a plastic bag on a windy day? Bb F C F Bb F And if he left a broken heart it’s not because he didn’t feel a part of a loving family tree Bb C F The stray dog goes where he has to be. Bb F C F At night he remembers his brothers and sisters and thinks about where or when they might be? Bb F C F Running and playing and fighting and praying together felt real or was it just a dream? Bb F C F Who knows where the stray dog goes, did he get lost or does he know? Bb F C F Did he leave or blow away like a plastic bag on a windy day? Bb F C F Bb F And if he left a broken heart it’s not because he didn’t feel a part of a loving family tree Bb C F The stray dog goes where he has to be. Bb F C F At a truck stop in Austin weak from exhaustion, the wind blew so cold, it burned like the sun Bb F C F And when he closed his eyes for the very last time he felt the warmth of kindest heart he’d ever known. Bb F C F And he was running and playing and fighting and praying with his loving brothers and sisters again Bb F C F And he sat with the lady wrapped in her arms safely and she sang him to sleep til the song had to end. Bb F C F Who knows where the stray dog goes, did he get lost or does he know? Bb F C F Did he leave or blow away like a plastic bag on a windy day? Bb F C F Bb F And if he left a broken heart it’s not because he didn’t feel a part of a loving family tree Bbm C F The stray dog goes where he has to be.