BARRY & THE BOOMERS
Chapter 1
Madison Square Garden 2015
Eighteen th
Story behind the song
A Tribute to those Wonderful Dogs that help us through life.
Lyrics
THE GUIDE DOG HAL & JANE
JANE LOST HER SIGHT AND NEEDED SOME HELP
AND GOT A GUIDE DOG BY THE NAME OF HAL
HE WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND SMART AS A WHIP
HE WAS HER SPECIAL PAL
ONE DAY LAST WEEK HAL AND JANE
WERE TAKING A WALK DOWNTOWN
WHEN SHE TRIPPED ON A CURB AND LAY UNCONSCIOUS
ON THE HARD FREEZING GROUND
SHE WOKE UP IN AN AMBULANCE AND LOOKED AROUND
AND SHE ASKED THEM WHERE WAS HAL
SHE HAD TO FIND HIM SHE LOVED HIM SO
‘CAUSE HE WAS HER VERY BEST PAL
HAL JUST STOOD THERE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD
HE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
BUT AS THE AMBULANCE STARTED TO DRIVE AWAY
HE DECIDED TO GO TOO.
THE BOND THEY SHARED
WAS HARD TO DESCRIBE
ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER
COULD NEVER SURVIVE
HE RAN AS FAST AS HE COULD POSSIBLE GO
AND KEPT PACE THE BEST THAT HE COULD
THEY MUST BE TAKING HER TO THE HOSPITAL
THIS MUCH HE UNDERSTOOD
WHEN HE GOT THERE HAL JUST SAT BY THE HOSPITAL DOOR
TO GET A CHANCE TO SNEAK THROUGH
WHEN THE DOOR OPENED UP HE DARTED THROUGH
HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO
HE STUCK HIS NOSE IN THE AIR AND EARS TO THE SKY
TILL HE CAUGHT THAT FAMILIAR SMELL
HE WENT UP THE STAIRS AND FOLLOWED THE SCENT
JANE JUST HAD TO GET WELL
HE WENT DOWN THE HALL TO THE VERY LAST ROOM
AS QUIETLY AS HE COULD BE
WENT TO THE BED WITH THE FAMILIAR FACE
A BEAUTIFUL FACE TO SEE
(CHORUS)
SHE SAID HAL MY GOD I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT IT’S YOU
HOW DID YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO
IT’S TRULY A MIRACLE THAT YOU ARE HERE
I DO LOVE YOU
HAL JUMPED UP ON THE BED AND LICKED HER FACE
AND HE TASTED THE SALT FROM HER TEARS
SHE HUGGED HIM REAL TIGHT AND WOULDN’T LET GO
HE MADE HER LOSE ALL HER FEARS
JANE INJURED HER LEG AND WENT HOME THE NEXT DAY
AND WHEN THEY CAME TO TAKE HER DOWN
TO THEIR SURPRISE SHE WAS NOT ALONE
MEET HAL SHE SAID
HE FOLLOWED ME FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF
TOWN
