Words and music by Michael Sion (aka Smiley Mikey), (c) 2024, BMI
This song will be dropping in 2025, with a lyric video. If you have this private link, it's because you're submitting a photo or photos of your childhood pets, toys, or pals, for possible use in the lyric video.
LYRICS:
Pets and toys and pals
Pets and toys and pals
When you were a child, you had nothing but love for
Pets and toys and pals
To all the dogs up in heaven
Still taking walks with their masters every morning
They may have crossed that rainbow bridge long ago
But they still tug the leash and walk the streets they used to know
You see, these spirits never truly disappear
Those old feelings never just fade into thin air
Nothing good is ever really gone
Just goes to rest somewhere in the Great Beyond
Sometimes you feel them right beside you, for a scratch on the head
Curl up at your feet when you turn to bed
Pets and toys and pals
Pets and toys and pals
When you were a child, you had nothing but love for
Pets and toys and pals
To all the toys boxed up in the attic
They store memories in their very fabric
Still waiting for the children to return to play
They have no sense of time passing away
You see, these cherished things never truly disappear
Those old feelings never just fade into thin air
Nothing good is ever really gone
Just waiting for you to remember where they are
Sometimes you dream of them like long-lost friends
And one day you’ll all play together again
Pets and toys and pals
Pets and toys and pals
When you were a child, you had nothing but love for
Pets and toys and pals
To all the friends you had growing up
Haven’t seen in years, don’t know where they’ve ended up
Still know their birthdays, and the places they used to live
You can hear their voices when you think of them
You see, old friendships never truly die away
Those good times never just fade into the gray
Nothing fun is ever really gone
Just waiting for the day when it will carry on
Sometimes you dream that they’re standing right here with you
Well, that’s a sign they’ve been thinking of you, too
Pets and toys and pals
Pets and toys and pals
When you were a child, you had nothing but love for
Pets and toys and pals
Sending this elegy into the Bye and Bye
Floating upwards toward the infinite sky
They ones you loved wherever they are receive the words
Awaiting the day when you’ll again be together
Maybe forgotten, but never forever gone
And they can hear you when you sing this song
Pets and toys and pals
Pets and toys and pals
When you were a child you had nothing but love for
Pets and toys and pals
Pets and toys and pals
Pets and toys and pals
You and I still have nothing but love for
Pets and toys and pals
Close your eyes and you can see them now
Pets and toys and pals
RECORDING CREDITS:
Smiley Mikey: Lead vocals
Aaron Sion: Tracking, mixing, acoustic guitar, lap-steel guitar, bass, organ
Andy Leftwich: Fiddle
Erika Malone, Yolanda Malone: Background vocals
Ted Jensen: Mastering
Photo: Thumbnail black-and-white photo, "A nice cooperative pet," used courtesy of its owner, Loveday Lemon (on Flickr).