You’ve been his friend throughout his life, since when you brought him home
You’re the one he turned to, you’re all he’s ever known.
You understood his crying when you’re house was strange to him
Those first few nights of whinging when he was settling in.
You were who he ran to when you came home every day
You his friend his master, the one with whom he’d play.
You were his life, all he could see, you were his only friend
So why can you just leave him when it’s coming to his end?
Oh yes it’s hard to watch it, it hurts so much I know
But he knows something is happening, he knows it’s time to go.
There’s strangers all around him, he wants you to be near
To help him take his last few breaths, to help him through his fear.
He needs you more at this sad time, more than he’s ever done before
So hold him, show you love him as he passes through the door.