If this wasn’t so I’d have no strength to go on

I know it’s from you that my abilities are drawn

When I want to quit seeing all the dogs who may die

I see your grateful saved faces and I know I must try

To save even one from the clutches of death

To take from the shelter before they take their last breath

Sometimes I spend a lot of time thinking of you

Then I get off my rear and know what I must do

For if I hadn’t brought you here to give you a chance

I wouldn’t understand how much my life you enhance

So many in shelters, I know I can’t save them all

I’ve helped so many already I can’t even recall

The names of some who have passed through my hands

‘Cause I’m always so busy with life’s daily demands

Please help me remember each loving lost face

The memories of them please do help me embrace

I want to remember each one who went before me

Never to hunger and live a life that’s pain free