Ballad of the Blind Man's Dog

Since the day he was born his eyes saw nothing but darkness
Not even his own shadow, or the affection of a woman
In his mother's smile...
Although she had never smiled again
Since the day he was born.
She had not wanted to raise a blind boy
That would need someone to cross the streets.
'Cause she didn't want him to stumble into things
He just could not see.

When the old lady died he was already a grown man
With no friends, no sorrow, nobody to take care of
Nobody to live with
Nobody's eyes with which he could see.
He just had a white dog
A big white dog, noble of heart and mind
That he needed to cross the streets
That didn't want him to stumble into things
He just could not see.

He had called him Finn after that friend he never had
And blindly trusted his wisdom, his golden mean, his caution
So blindly trusted him
And blindly trusted his step,
And followed his rhythm
As the big white dog carried him
To feel the scent of the meadow land
That he could only behold
With the eyes of his soul.

One day somebody looked at Finn and said:
"This white dog ain't good no more"
'Cause he stumbles into things he cannot see.
Mmmm "You better get rid of it".
It's just an old animal,
Yet noble of heart and mind,
A dog like this should now be free
'Cause what is the use of a seeing-eye dog
When the dog itself can't see?

"If there's no God for you there is no God for me"
The blind man said to Finn
Though he knew he could not listen to the words he spoke
And if he could
He would have never understood.
Then he caressed his back
"I'll stand by you as you stood by me.
We just don't need to cross the streets.
'Cause we don't want to go stumbling
Into things we just cannot see."