Yaka, Give A Howl For Me

She's running in the waters

Of the great and mighty Bow

She's sliding down the glaciers of my mind

I hear her voice a-barking

Midst the cawing of the crows

But what's the use, I know my dog is gone

Yaka, Yaka, give a howl for me, Owooo

I Know you're happy way up there

In the land beyond the shining sea

We were riding down old Number One

The traffic it was light

Old Yaka dog was running out ahead

I gave a yell, she cut across

Didn't see the truck

It hit her and it rolled and knocked her dead

Yaka, Yaka, give a howl for me, Owooo

I Know you're happy way up there

In the land beyond the shining sea

We dragged her off into the bush

The kids and Joy and me

We took her to the forest cool

Where she would want to be

There on a mossy bank she lay

Beneath an old spruce tree

We buried her, the kids and Joy and me

Yaka, Yaka, give a howl for me, Owooo

I Know you're happy way up there

In the land beyond the shining sea

That devil highway kills to much

Of sheep and elk and bear

But I never thought about it much

Til my dog got killed up there

I hate that devil highway

With all it's flashing cars

That kills the creatures of the woods

And sends them to the stars

Yaka, Yaka, give a howl for me, Owooo

I Know you're happy way up there

In the land beyond the shining sea

I wish it never happened

Cause now I feel so bad

When I think about my yellow dog

And all the fun we had

Romping in the meadows

And running in the woods

Chasing the rainbows in our dreams

Yaka, Yaka, give a howl for me, Owooo

I Know you're happy way up there

In the land beyond the shining sea