My Daddy Is a Dog Killer - A2

Title: My Daddy Is a Dog Killer

Verse 1

I was headed off, didn’t matter where,
Church camp, rehab, Army, Navy, Air.
One thing only crossed my mind,
“Please don’t leave my best friend behind.”

You looked me squarely in the eye,
Said, “Son, he’ll be just fine.”
But promises can disappear…
Quicker than a dog’s last year.

Chorus

My daddy is a dog killer.
Lord, that truth still hurts.
Little Baby Billy
Didn’t deserve the dirt.

You could’ve found a shelter,
You could’ve made one call.
But you broke your word…
that’s the hardest part of all.

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Verse 2

Little Baby Billy
Little Baby Billy
Little Baby Billy
Little Baby Billy

Little Baby Billy,
Pain in everybody’s rear.
Chewed a shoe, barked all night,
Thought every squirrel picked a fight

Then I came back months gone by,
Healing up and wondering why.
I reached the yard expecting him…
Only silence answered in.

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Bridge

People say,
“It was just a dog.”

They never knew
What that dog pulled me through.

When life was dark, teenage dark
He never lied.

When life was dark, breakup dark
He huddled near

He was waiting…
Every single time.

Like mom
With a hug

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Final Chorus

Little Baby Billy
Little Baby Billy
Little Baby Billy
Little Baby Billy

My daddy is a dog killer.
Still love the man somehow.
But some scars don’t disappear
Like good riddance exes in the rear

Little Baby Billy
Little Baby Billy
Little Baby Billy
Little Baby Billy

Little Baby Billy,
Wish you’d had one more day.
Funny how the hardest ghosts…
Never fully bark away.