All Dogs

Held you still in the backseat
As we drove you home from your foster house
Spent the whole first day getting an idea of your stomping grounds
Had to buy a better leash 'cause you spent that day pulling me around
But it was fine that way. You were here to stay

Caused anger with your happiness just excited to be alive
You just about settled down by the time that you turned five
Always sat on my salute
When I asked you to jump you'd bark "How high?"
But you were born that way, loyal 'til your dying day

Because good pups get remembered and all dogs go to heaven anyway

You'd fallen through a roof before I met you
Your willingness to live never came to question
Anybody threatened by your bared-teeth smile
Had confused aggression and affection, yeah

Spent afternoons on the lawn just lounging or defending
To leave without saying goodbye was probably not what you intended
But I never taught you to play dead
So I can't pretend you were pretending

Because good pups get remembered and all dogs go to heaven anyway
Yeah good pups get remembered and all dogs go to heaven in a way
It's easier to say, say goodbye from far away
Because good pups get remembered and all dogs go to heaven anyway
Don't have to believe it, but it feels good to say