"One Best Friend" lyrics
12 years of life all packed her up
In the back of that U-Haul truck
Didn't know a soul in his brand new hometown
For a month or so it was really hard
Then a black Lab wandered in the yard
Next thing you know they were hanging out to sundown
They'd wade the creeks, he'd shake dry
Run back home behind his back
Years flew by and that dog was right there by his side
Well all the faces, all the names
Are like boxcars on a passing train
They're here and in a flash they're gone again
You blink your eyes, they'd come and go
Like footprints in the fallen snow
Till you're down to those you count on just one hand
In the end
You just get one best friend
Yeah, he'd ride around in that pickup bed
Wag his tail and shake his head
They kept the dust kicked up on those dirt roads
On that Scholarship the state came through
That dog jumped in like it always do
Didn't seem to understand why he couldn't go
That boy may [?] that college town
But when the [?] rolled around
He'd point that old green Chevy back toward the house
Well all the faces, all the names
Are like boxcars on a passing train
They're here and in a flash they're gone again
You blink your eyes, they'd come and go
Like footprints in the fallen snow
Till you're down to those you count on just one hand
In the end
You just get one best friend
He drove all night when he got the news
Dad said, son, it's up to you
The boy knew it was best to do what best friends do
Sit by his side
And held him tight
And said goodbye
Well all the faces, all the names
Are like boxcars on a passing train
They're here and in a flash they're gone again
You blink your eyes, they'd come and go
Like footprints in the fallen snow
Till you're down to those you count on just one hand
In the end
You just get one best friend
One best friend
In the back of that U-Haul truck
Didn't know a soul in his brand new hometown
For a month or so it was really hard
Then a black Lab wandered in the yard
Next thing you know they were hanging out to sundown
They'd wade the creeks, he'd shake dry
Run back home behind his back
Years flew by and that dog was right there by his side
Well all the faces, all the names
Are like boxcars on a passing train
They're here and in a flash they're gone again
You blink your eyes, they'd come and go
Like footprints in the fallen snow
Till you're down to those you count on just one hand
In the end
You just get one best friend
Yeah, he'd ride around in that pickup bed
Wag his tail and shake his head
They kept the dust kicked up on those dirt roads
On that Scholarship the state came through
That dog jumped in like it always do
Didn't seem to understand why he couldn't go
That boy may [?] that college town
But when the [?] rolled around
He'd point that old green Chevy back toward the house
Well all the faces, all the names
Are like boxcars on a passing train
They're here and in a flash they're gone again
You blink your eyes, they'd come and go
Like footprints in the fallen snow
Till you're down to those you count on just one hand
In the end
You just get one best friend
He drove all night when he got the news
Dad said, son, it's up to you
The boy knew it was best to do what best friends do
Sit by his side
And held him tight
And said goodbye
Well all the faces, all the names
Are like boxcars on a passing train
They're here and in a flash they're gone again
You blink your eyes, they'd come and go
Like footprints in the fallen snow
Till you're down to those you count on just one hand
In the end
You just get one best friend
One best friend
