[Intro] You wouldn’t know it if someone didn’t say it out loud. [Verse 1] You still bark when I walk in like I broke in the door. I say, “Why you yellin’? I didn’t do nothin’.” Then that big block head leans into my leg — guess the barkin’ was just you doin’ your job. [Chorus] Sometimes you look at me with that stormtrooper face — Happy? Worried? Maybe. Sleepy or sad? The truth of the face: I… love… you. And the vet says there’s somethin’ growin’ deep in your lungs. But you’re still the same dog I woke up to today. [Verse 2] You still bark through the window when someone walks by, and Rosie wakes up barkin’ not knowin’ why. Then the puppy kicks in — you pounce on that bone, it skids ’cross the floor, after it again. [Chorus] Sometimes you look at me with that stormtrooper face — Happy? Worried? Maybe. Sleepy or sad? The truth of the face: I… love… you. And the vet says there’s somethin’ growin’ deep in your lungs. But you’re still the same dog I woke up to today. [Bridge] He looks fine to me. Same dog I've always known. Tail on the floor, head on my knee. Nothin' about him says goodbye. [raised voice] So don't tell me [raw] he's runnin' out of time. [Outro] You’re curled on the couch tonight next to your mom, breathin’ slow and deep. And I’m just watchin’ like right now is all there is.
