That's the way it should be   
 Like a leaf is to a tree  so fine.  
 Ah all the good times we had   
 I sang love songs so glad  
 Always smiling  never sad  so fine.  
  
 *As we walk down the country lanes   
 I'll be singing a song   
 Hear me calling your name.  
 Hear the wind within the trees   
 Telling Mother Nature 'bout you and me.  
  
 Well if the sunshines so bright   
 Or on our way it's darkest night  
 The road we choose is always right, so fine.  
 Ah can your love be so strong  
 When so many loves go wrong  
 Will our love go on and on and on and on and on and on?  
  
 * Chorus  
  
 My, my la de la come on now it ain't too far,  
 Tell your friends all around the world,  
 Ain't no companion like a blue eyed merle.  
 Come on now well let me tell you,  
 What you're missing, missing, 'round them brick walls.  
 So of one thing I am sure,  
 It's a friendship so pure,  
 Angels singing all around  
 My dog is so fine.  
 Yeah, ain't but one thing to do  
 Spend my nat'ral life with you,  
 You're the finest dog I knew, so fine.  
 When you're old and your eyes are dim,  
 There ain't no old Shep gonna happen again,  
 We'll still go walking down country lanes,  
 I'll sing the same old songs,  
 Hear me call your name