A Song Dedicated to the Memory of Buddy the Sheep Lyrics

You must have been terrified

Left your eyes staring at the stars

A smile so well-known has been wiped away

After the buzzards got your eyes

You were just a body without emotion

But that wasn't always the case

When you were just a child

I'd bring the bottle to your lips

The way you'd nuzzle in my arms

The way you'd trot up to the fence

I can't believe you're gone

I won't believe you're gone

The chewing on my keys

The chewing on my jacket

I can't believe you're gone

I won't believe you're gone

(Not even) fifteen months today

You chose to run like hell

But without your curly wool

What could you even do?

The day that you were sheared

I kept a tuft of you with me

And kept it in my bureau

Just to kiss it gingerly

Your body was a baby

But your heart was inside everyone

You live vicariously through them

And never really die

The way you'd nuzzle in my arms

The way you'd trot up to the fence

It's harder that you're gone

But your heart lives on

The chewing on my keys

The chewing on my jacket

It's harder that you're gone

But your heart lives on

And in the end, your love is in us

As our love was within you

So when the coyote grabbed your neck

You knew it'd be okay

You knew it'd be okay

You knew it'd be okay

You knew it'd be okay

You knew it'd be o-