Boots

YOU WERE MY LITTLE BOY,
YOU WERE MY LITTLE CLOWN,
NOW YOU'VE HAD TO LEAVE ME,
AND I AM FEELING DOWN.

YOU CAME TO ME BLIND AND UNABLE TO WALK,
BUT YOU'D CRAWL OVER TO ME WHENEVER I'D TALK,
I COULDN'T HELP IT-I GAVE MY HEART TO YOU,
AND YOU SOON BECAME MY LITTLE CLOWN BOO.

YOU WERE A DAFT CAT WITH VERY STRANGE WAYS,
YOU BROUGHT ME LAUGHTER MOST DAYS,
YOU HAD A CERTAIN WAY ON THE BACK OF THE SOFA,
FAST ASLEEP WITH YOUR LEGS DANGLING OVER.

IN THE WATERBOWL YOU WERE A TWIT,
INSTEAD OF A DRINK, YOUR LEGS WENT FOR A DIP,
CURLED UP IN A BOX MUCH TOO SMALL FOR YOU,
YOU WERE A CRAZY, FUNNY CAT BOO!

REMEMBER THE MILK RING PULLS BOO?
AND ALL THE SILLY THINGS WITH THEM YOU'D DO?
YOU'D CART ONE OFF FOR LOTS OF FUN,
THEN HIDE IT IN THE RUG WHEN YOU WERE DONE.

BUT IN THE NIGHT, WHEN ALL WAS STILL,
YOU'D FIND IT AGAIN, AND TURN MY RUG INTO A HILL!
YOU WERE STILL A BABY WHEN YOU HAD TO GO,
MY LITTLE BABY, JUST 10 MONTHS OLD.

I SHOULD BE HAPPY YOU'RE NO LONGER IN PAIN,
AND IF I HAD IT ALL TO DO OVER I'D DO IT AGAIN,
BUT I MISS YOU BOO, SUCH A LOT,
NOW MEMORIES AND PHOTOS ARE ALL I,VE GOT.

I'LL NEVER FORGET YOU,
YOU GAVE ME SO MUCH,
I PRAY I DID THE RIGHT THING,
AND THAT YOU'RE HAPPY UP ABOVE.

SLEEP TIGHT LITTLE CAT.