I had a dream that I woke up, behind the wheel of a pick up truck
A black dog in the road, swerve to miss it and the wheel got stuck
Came back to reality, to find my mortality
Still staring me straight in the eye, it was looking straight down at me
Not even a year went by, the evening that I came to find
A black dog on river street, on it's chest was a little white stripe
Took him back to my hideaway, across the alley from the library
I told him everything will be okay, I told him everything will be alright
And when I look at your face, I could see my reflection
You could never fall from grace, you taught me so many lessons
And when he'd see me crying, lick the tears from my face
Always a best friend of mine and, there will always be a trace
Loved the feel of the kick drum, used to fall asleep right next to it
A black dog with a kind soul, had a bone but he never would chew it
Like the white cadejo he'd protect if anyone stepped to ya
Throw a ball and took off running, never bring that ball back to you
A lifetime now a memory, the incarnation of a reverie brooding
Never will be dead to me, wouldn't believe you if you showed me proof
I dig down in my treasury, part of me like a wisdom tooth
I pull it out and the pain rushed in, I never thought that it would come this soon
And when I look at your face, I could see my reflection
You could never fall from grace, you taught me so many lessons
And when he'd see me crying, lick the tears from my face
Always a best friend of mine and, there will always be a trace
And when I look at your face, I could see my reflection
You could never fall from grace, you taught me so many lessons
And when he'd see me crying, lick the tears from my face
Always a best friend of mine and, there will always be a trace
I miss you so badly, wish you were around right now
We'd walk through the alley and follow the sound of the sun going down