YOU WERE OUR SWEET LITTLE BABY BOY
YOU BROUGHT TO EVERYONE SO MUCH JOY
I KNEW YOU SINCE YOU WERE JUST A PUP
WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT WAS WATCHING YOU GROW UP
THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS YOU LOVED TO DO
ON YOUR TURF KNOWN AS PARK AVENUE
LIKE STOPPING & SNIFFING AT EVERY TREE
WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAD TO PEE
YOU ESPECIALLY LOVED WHEN AFTER DARK
I'D WALK YOU DOWN TO YOUR FAVORITE PARK
YOU MET SO MANY PEOPLE ON YOUR WAY
AND YOU NEVER FAILED TO BRIGHTEN THEIR DAY
AND AS YOU WERE GETTING ON IN YEARS
YOU SHARED ALL MY LAUGHTER
AND WOULD COMFORT MY TEARS
BUT UNFORTUNATELY YOUR HEALTH STARTED TO FAIL
BUT THROUGHOUT IT ALL YOU KEPT WAGGING THAT TAIL
SO EVEN THOUGH I JUST SAID GOODBYE
I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT YOU DID NOT DIE
YOU'RE JUST WAITING FOR ME IN A WONDERFUL PLACE
GETTING READY TO PLANT A BIG KISS ON MY FACE