BEN MY PUP



YOU'LL NEVER KNOW THE LOVE YOU GAVE,AN EXTRA SPECIAL THING,
YOU GAVE IT TO ME FREELY, LIKE A LARK UPON THE WING.
AND I RETURNED THAT LOVE, AS I HAD NEVER DONE
YOU GAVE TO ME THE DAWN, THE BLUE SKIES AND THE SUN.
YOU LEFT FOR ME SWEET MEMORIES, THAT I'LL FOREVER KEEP,
SO PRECIOUS WAS THIS LOVE TO ME, FORGIVE ME IF I WEEP.
I WEEP FOR ALL THE THINGS I LOST,WHEN I LOST YOU THAT DAY,
YET, TIME HEALS EVERYTHING OR SO THEY ALWAYS SAY,
I MISS THOSE SOFT WET KISSES WHEN YOU WELCOMED ME BACK HOME,
MY KITCHENS SUCH AN EMPTY PLACE,NOW YOUR SUNSHINE HAS ALL GONE.
SOMETIMES I SIT ALONBE AND LOOK ABOUT THE PLACE,
I SEE YOUR LEAD HUNG ON THE DOOR,RECALL YOUR HAPPY FACE,
YOUR BALL WITH THAT OLD BELL INSIDE,YOUR CUSHION AND YOUR BONE,
THE OLD STUFFED TOY YOU'D FETCH TO ME WHEN I ARRIVED BACK HOME.
PEOPLE SAY GET RID OF THEM,THE FOOLS THEY MUST BE BLIND,
EACH ONES A SPECIAL MEMORY THAT KEEPS YOU IN MY MIND,
OUR LOVE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL,.IT'S HARD TO GIVE IT UP,
TO OTHERS YOU WERE JUST A DOG.....TO ME YOU'RE BEN MY PUP......



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