[00:11.85]Bandit was a black lab
[00:14.66]Daddy brought home
[00:17.10]he said “son, he’s yours from now on.”
[00:23.15]Bandit looked at me and he cocked his head
[00:29.10]slept that night on the foot of my bed
[00:35.21]all that year I can see him still
[00:40.59]chasing after me
[00:43.39]nippin’ at my heels
[00:46.47]down to the bus stop
[00:49.22]my new best friend
[00:52.22]still waitin’ right there
[00:55.00]when I got home again
[00:57.28]
[00:59.39]and I thought we would be together
[01:05.02]go on and on just like that forever
[01:10.70]but I was young back then
[01:13.76]I guess I just didn’t know
[01:18.72]little boys grow up and dogs get old
[01:26.70]
[01:27.95]he was my sidekick through thick and thin
[01:33.07]and he’d bark at my fish when I’d reel ’em in
[01:38.75]summers came and went
[01:41.76]and we grew like ****s
[01:45.06]and I don’t know if I raised him or he raised me
[01:49.55]
[01:51.70]and I thought we would be together
[01:57.37]go on and on just like that forever
[02:03.21]but I was young back then
[02:06.39]how was I supposed to know?
[02:11.00]little boys grow up and dogs get old
[02:12.44]
[02:21.18]he was fourteen when I left for Tennessee
[02:26.48]and we came down the front porch steps a little slower
[02:33.00]I got down to hug his neck
[02:35.90]said, you take care of mom
[02:37.50]and dad till I get home.
[02:43.67]be a good boy
[02:49.07]now, you be a good boy.
[02:51.42]
[02:56.19]and I thought we would be together
[03:02.14]go on and on just like that forever
[03:07.96]but I was young back then
[03:11.20]oh, god I wish I didn’t know
[03:18.82]little boys grow up and dogs get old