words and music by
William O. Richardson Sheepdog
on the interstate a speedin' Chevy van He said "I remember how it was
when I was nine years old
Dog Heaven where all good doggies go
Grizzly bear out in the woods an old hound dog named Blue
Dog Heaven where all good hound dogs go
Shack was a German Shepherd Scout who served in Viet Nam
He must have known an ambush waited on the other side
Dog Heaven
where all good soldiers go
© 1995 Unpublished Songs(SESAC)
He used to
always play with me now I don't think he can
"Never knew
what hit him" that's what grandpa said to me
As I sat
there on his knee
my dog used to sleep with me
when winter nights were cold
now he's gone, but I know
where, someday I'll see him there
My grandpa told me so"
There's a
Dog Heaven it's a
better life I know
A forest full of golden trees
He'll
always have a place to be in Dog Heaven
Grizzly got the best of him as grizzlies often do
Guess I'll take up fishin' now that old blue's not around
I won't let it get me down
'Cause there's a
Dog Heaven it's a better life I know
A forest full of golden trees
He'll always have a place to be in Dog Heaven
A dog can fight for freedom fight for freedom just as the same as any man
We had to cross the water one hot January day
Shack tried to tell us "stay"
'Cause when I told him "come on boy" he did and then he died
His name ain't written on no wall but Lord it ought to be
He gave his life for me
now he's in
Dog Heaven It's a better life I know
A forest full of golden trees
We'll always have a place to be
in Dog Heaven
Click above to see & hear a clip of the true story of Spencer Dixon and "Shack".
(From the series "It's a Dog's Life" on discovery.com)
Image and target video Copyright © 2000 Discovery Communications Inc.
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