There’s a cardboard box Full of college books In the backseat by an old guitar A half-pack of smokes And a goodbye note Folded up beside my heart She said, “Billy, you got dreams But they ain’t payin’ rent” Then she walked off with some law-school man So I grabbed my keys Looked down at me And old Bandit wagged his tail again CHORUS So it’s dog gone Me and this old hound gone Headed where the pine trees touch the sky Dog gone Everything we had gone Ain’t nothin’ left here but goodbye She took my future plans I took this Chevrolet van And pointed west with a six-pack and a song Yeah it hurts like hell But me and that dog ride well Dog gone The interstate hummed Like an old sad drum Underneath those midnight tires Bandit in the back Snorin’ through the cracks Dreamin’ dog dreams by the fire Stopped somewhere in Kansas At a truck-stop bar Played Merle on a jukebox machine Some waitress smiled Said “Colorado’s wild…” I said “Lady, that sounds good to me” CHORUS So it’s dog gone Me and this old hound gone Headed where the snow falls in July Dog gone All her memory gone Blowin’ out that van door with the night She took the graduation ring And every planned-out little thing I thought my life was supposed to lean upon Now there’s mountain air And dog hair everywhere Dog gone BRIDGE Funny how a heartbreak feels smaller When you’re starin’ at the Rockies at dawn Bandit barked at the wind like he owned it Like he knew all along FINAL CHORUS Dog gone Me and this old hound gone Parked beside a river up so high Dog gone All that old pain gone Somewhere underneath that western sky She can keep that college town All those people settlin’ down I found somethin’ better to build my life upon Just an old dog grin And the road rollin’ in Dog gone OUTRO Yeah me and that dog rolled into Colorado With nothin’ but a busted heart and half a tank And brother… That was enough.
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