Maggie's Song

Let me tell you a story

About an old friend of mine

Somebody left her in a shopping cart

In a parking lot for us to find

Just a fuzzy black pup

She was hungry and feeling alone

We put her in the back seat

Told her we were taking her home

Run, Maggie, run

With the heart of a rebel child

Oh, run, Maggie, run

Be just as free as you are wild

A few kids later

We moved out on the farm

And she followed those kids around

Yeah, she kept them safe from harm

And she loved to chase squirrels

And playing out in the snow

She'd take off like a bullet

Man, you should have seen her go

Run, Maggie, run

With the heart of a rebel child

Oh, run, Maggie, run

Be just as free as you are wild

It was raining on a Monday

The day that Maggie died

She woke up and couldn't use her legs

So I laid down by her side

She put her head on my hand

Like she'd done so many times

I told her she was a good dog

Then I told her goodbye

Run, Maggie, run

With the heart of a rebel child

Oh, run, Maggie, run

Be just as free as you are wild

I had a revelation

As the tractor dug a hole

I can tell you right now

That a dog has a soul

And I thought to myself

As we buried her on the hill

I never knew me a better dog

And I guess I never will

Run, Maggie, run

With the heart of a rebel child

Oh, run, Maggie, run

Be just as free as you are wild

Oh, run, Maggie, run

With the heart of a rebel child

Oh, run, Maggie, run

Be just as free as you are wild