Misc Originals – David Warmke - The Three Lives Of My 4 Pawed Shadow (Guitar)

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They say cats have 9 lives

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That is an old thought, Egyptian Gods

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Shakespeare wrote of them in Romeo and Juliet

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There resilience and dexterity deified

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An anchient proverb: A cat has nine lives.

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For three he plays,

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for three he strays

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and for the last three he stays

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But what about dogs, only one

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There are no stories of dogs with extra lives

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Until now, I have a story to tell

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The three Lives of my 4 pawed shadow

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The first year of separation

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Jane and the boys And others at the lake house

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My and shadow at home,

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Jane and I together in our print businesses

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Our shop next to TLU across Court Street

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One day I walked to TLU for business

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Shadow and I often walked that campus for pleasure

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This time me alone

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AS I was walking back he bolted out the door

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Making a bee line for me

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In the middle of Court Street he and a SUV met

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Shadow going 15 the SUV 45

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He rolled underneath came up sitting on his butt

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Thought he was crippled, Looked at me , looked back

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Got up and quickly retreated to the shop

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SUV just kept going

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Got inside Shadow sitting trembling in a pool of pee

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I thought he was a dead dog

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Put him in the Sports car off to Dr Grantham, A fast drive

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A couple of scrapes he was fine

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Two months later Thanksgiving

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I have them all over to the house

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Even the ones not in my family

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I cooked a huge meal, it was a disaster

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Monday morning Shadow pooping and throwing up blood

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Took him to the vet, pancreatitis it was bad

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Think lapped up the Turkey deep fat fry

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3 solemn days at the vet he came home, weak but just fine

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Finally New Year’s Eve, alone

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A broken Christmas, Mike Jane on a biker ride to Arizona

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Kenneth with friends, No one there I decided to get drunk

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Woke up about eight on the couch

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One problem my shadow was not there

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Tried to remember did I let him out and forget

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He never strays; I was frantic when through the whole house calling

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Then outside John Mike come help

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By eleven I stopped going to Sam’s to get Compacter bags

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Noting else to do, In the study I heard a thumping

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That familiar rhythm, shadow tail wagging in the closet

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Hiding behind the closed bifold doors

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He hated fireworks always came to me for comfort

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Last night drunk on the couch I was none

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He and I went to Sam’s got 5 boxes of those compactor bags

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Never went there again

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A ponding head, a dreadful morning God had taught me a lesson

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When it seemed all I had was gone, it was not

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Shadow he took and saved three times

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Without shadow I never would have made the first few years

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God is sovereign, something we say

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Not something we really understand

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He is in charge of everything there is no such thing as serendipity

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That just Jesus part of all, always there His loving hand

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He often uses evil or a bad things to get our attention

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Took 3 times but He finally got mine

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Be thankful for all you have even when you think all is lost

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It is not, Jesus always there taking care of us

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In ways few understand, life is not all good

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The bad even under his rule

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All for a simple reason

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He wants us to Love Him as He loves us.

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Shadow had three lives more if needed to get my attention.

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Jesus loving rule always there perceived by few

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Jesus loving rule always there perceived by few

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Think about it