Tonart: Db major
Verse 1
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Gil bert was just 18 years of age
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when he first took himself a wife.
But she proved to be unfaithful,
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robe became his life.
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He turned bitter against all women,
only used them when he could.
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And he only had contempt
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for other men
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He worked and drank and
Except for one,
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a mangy old blue -heeler for a friend
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Years ago old Gilbert found a puppy
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by the roadside left to die
Hungry and frightened,
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beneath the frosty southern sky,
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Gilbert picked him up and raised him,
and a bond of friendship grew,
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a friendship that was never
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Then one day Gilbert woke to find
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his old track mate was gone
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And he began a search that never was to
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end
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Gilbert used to work a while
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and then he'd go to town on one big spree
It was the only way he knew
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to ease the pain of hurtful memories
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So in a coastal town
while Gilbert drank away his cares
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His old dog was impounded
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When they couldn't find its owner,
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the dog was put to sleep,
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and perhaps it's best if
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Gilbert never knows.
Gilbert roamed from town to town,
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still searching for the friend
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It was the final blow from fate
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that really turned the old
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He was ridiculed in bar rooms,
he was laughed at in the streets,
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Still searching for his friend
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Till someone found him dead one day
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beneath a table in a park,
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With a collar and a chain
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clutched in his hand.
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Years ago old Gilbert found a puppy
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by the roadside left to die
Hungry and frightened
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beneath the frosty southern sky
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Gilbert picked him up and raised him
and a bond of friendship grew
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A friendship that was never
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Then one day Gilbert woke to find
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his old track mate was gone
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And he began a search that
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only death could end
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