Yesterday's Sky (Belongs to Memory)

Verse

That muzzle, it used to be jet black

When you were just a pup

Chasin' squirrels 'til the sun went down

And I couldn't make you stop

Now there's silver in the whiskers

And a cloudiness in your eye

You take a long drink from your water bowl

And you heave a heavy sigh

Chorus

And I see you gettin' slower

With that sweet and tired old face

And a little more of you belongs

To a memory I can't erase

It's the hardest kind of lovin'

And the quietest goodbye

Knowin' a little more of you

Belongs to yesterday's sky

Verse

I watch you when you're sleepin'

On your bed there by the door

And I see your paws start twitchin'

Like they're runnin' free once more

Through that field behind the back fence

Where you never seemed to tire

But the gettin' up is harder now

For bones that have lost their fire

Chorus

And I see you gettin' slower

With that sweet and tired old face

And a little more of you belongs

To a memory I can't erase

It's the hardest kind of lovin'

And the quietest goodbye

Knowin' a little more of you

Belongs to yesterday's sky

Verse

You were there when my heart was breakin'

You were there when the kids were born

You just laid your head upon my lap

And you weathered every storm

Now I sit here and I scratch your ears

The way I've always done

And I thank the Lord for every day

He's given me with you, son

Chorus

And I see you gettin' slower

With that sweet and tired old face

And a little more of you belongs

To a memory I can't erase

It's the hardest kind of lovin'

And the quietest goodbye

Knowin' a little more of you

Belongs to yesterday's sky