I Just Came Home To Count The Memories

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[Verse 1]

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I saw roses choking in the grass, flaking paint and a broken window pane
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A mailbox barely standing by the driveway, I can almost read the name
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A swing-set and forgotten toys where little girls and boys played happy games
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Everything I ever cared about is gone now,  but the memory still remains

[Verse 2]

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The old man from the house across the street asked, “How’s it goin’” and I said “Fine”
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But the expression on his face would make me think, that he could almost read my mind.
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That Johnson boy from down the road was askin’ if the kids could come and play
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Lord I wish I could have told him yes, but I just  said, I guess no, not today.


[Chorus]

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I just came home to count the memories
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That I’ve been counting in my mind
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I just came home to count the memories
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Of a better day and time

[Verse 2]

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All the birds that sang their pretty songs aren’t singing like they did when we were here
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Cause there’s no happiness in music if somebody isn’t close enough to care
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I picked a ragged daisy from it’s home out in the corner the yard
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She loves me - She loves me not, Now I don’t have to wonder anymore


[Chorus]

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I just came home to count the memories
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That I’ve been counting in my mind
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I just came home to count the memories
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Of a better day and time