From the recording All Paws Have A Home For Christmas
Lyrics
[VERSE 1]
Someday at Christmas, the kennels are empty
No noses pressed to the cold metal lines
No more good dogs with a number for a name
Waiting for someone to see their shine
No concrete floors for their bedtime story
No echoing barks in the dark alone
Someday the only sound on Christmas Eve
Is every soft snore in a safe warm home
[PRE-CHORUS]
Tonight I light a candle for the ones still waiting there
And whisper to the winter sky a little rescue prayer
[CHORUS]
Someday all paws have a home for Christmas
Every tail will dance by a fireside glow
No more tears on a shelter pillow
No more wondering why they had to go
Someday all paws have a home for Christmas
Every lonely heart will be held and known
Till that day comes, we keep on loving
Till every paw, every paw has a home
[VERSE 2]
Someday the shelters are story museums
Photos on walls of the lives they saved
Tours for the children who can’t believe
There was a time dogs slept in steel and gray
No plastic bowls in a row for breakfast
No begging eyes through a chain link door
Just muddy paws on a kitchen floor
And someone laughing, “Come on, let’s play some more”
[PRE-CHORUS]
Tonight I hold my own pup close and promise in the light
To speak up for the voiceless ones still shivering in the night
[CHORUS]
Someday all paws have a home for Christmas
Every tail will dance by a fireside glow
No more tears on a shelter pillow
No more wondering why they had to go
Someday all paws have a home for Christmas
Every lonely heart will be held and known
Till that day comes, we keep on loving
Till every paw, every paw has a home
[BRIDGE]
For every old dog dreaming on a concrete bed
For every shy nose hiding at the back in dread
For every pup who never heard “you’re staying here”
We sing this song so the whole world hears
[CHORUS – FINAL, LIFTED]
Someday all paws have a home for Christmas
Every tail will dance by a fireside glow
No more tears on a shelter pillow
Only stories of the love we chose
Someday all paws have a home for Christmas
Every beating heart forever known
Till that day comes, we keep on loving
Till every paw, every paw has a home
[OUTRO]
Someday at Christmas, when the night wind blows
Every lost paw finds the way back home