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Backstory:

Lyrics:

                                                  
This Field is for the Dogs

verse:

on a small family farm
there’s a field 
where primrose sway 
eyes have watered that soil
with salty pain 
where grandpa once buried
his favorite old hound
we’ d never seen him cry
’til he laid that dog in the ground 

pre:

that’s the seed that started 
this garden of rest  
where we now remember
the friends that were our best 

chorus:

Oh their life spans
but a moment 
of our own
they’re here
then just like that
they’re gone
and another
joins the others…
here-
‘neath an old blackjack oak
where we sit on an old log
by a hand carved sign that says
This Field is For the Dogs

verse: 

collars, notes, and chew toys 
showed up there
over time
painted stones, stick crosses 
marked new goodbyes 
from purebreds to mixed breeds 
sleek, shabby, big, small 
gentle souls that loved fiercely 
oh how we miss them all 


pre:

and the furry shoulders 
into which we cried 
or cuddled into 
like pillows in the night

chorus:

Oh their life spans
but a moment 
of our own
they’re here
then just like that
they’re gone
and another
joins the others
‘neath an old blackjack oak
where we sit on an old log
by a hand carved sign that says
This Field is For the Dogs

bridge-

lots has changed here
from way back when
but this pasture remains
quiet, unchanged
this spot is just for them

chorus:

Oh their life spans
but a moment 
of our own
they’re here
then just like that
they’re gone
and another
joins the others…
here-
‘neath an old oak tree
the makeshift bench an old log
by a hand carved sign that says
This Field is For the Dogs