Little Boys Grow Up And Dogs Get Old

[00:12.00] Bandit was a black lab, Daddy brought home
[00:17.12] He said, son he's yours from now on
[00:23.03] Bandit looked at me and he cocked his head
[00:29.24] Slept at night on the foot of my bed
[00:34.54] All that year, I can see him still
[00:40.61] Chasing after me, nipping at my heels
[00:46.26] Down to the bus stop, my new best friend
[00:52.28] Still waiting right there when I got home again
[00:59.06] And I thought we would be together
[01:04.99] Go on and on just like that, forever
[01:10.88] But I was young back then
[01:13.65] I guess I just didn't know
[01:19.08] Little boys grow up and dogs get old
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[01:27.84] He was my sidekick through thick and thin
[01:33.12] And he'd bark at my fish when I'd reel 'em in
[01:39.12] Summers came and went and we grew like weeds
[01:45.28] And I don't know if I raised him or he raised me
[01:51.77] And I thought we would be together
[01:57.44] Go on and on just like that, forever
[02:03.06] But I was young back then
[02:06.25] How was I supposed to know
[02:11.15] Little boys grow up and dogs get old
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[02:21.10] He was fourteen when I left for Tennessee
[02:26.77] And he came down the front porch steps a little slow
[02:32.61] I got down to hug his neck
[02:35.57] Said, you take care of Mom and Dad, 'til I get home
[02:43.14] Be a good boy
[02:48.99] Now you be a good boy
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[02:56.11] And I thought we would be together
[03:01.94] Go on and on just like that, forever
[03:07.32] But I was young back then
[03:10.01] God I wish I didn't know
[03:18.66] Little boys grow up and dogs get old
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