farewell old dog

i missed the last night at the black dog
but it still lives in my memory

i've seen the new place and it looks grand
still, it feels like the end of an era or something

i'm gonna miss that stale beer stankin' basement
that usedta be hq for the tarrant county dems

where i met my wife one night two yrs ago
and where i heard a ton of righteous toons

where jimmy rodriguez made me walk a line once
before he'd let me leave the bar (bless him)

and where i usedta go to drink in the afternoon
when i was freshly unemployed (it was cool and quiet there)