Intro
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I saw roses choking in the grass
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Flaking paint and a broken window pane
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F mailbox barely standing by the driveway
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I can almost see the name
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F swing set and forgotten toys where
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Little boys and girls played happy games
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Everything I gave a damn about is gone
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But the memory still remains
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The old man from the house across the street asked
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How's it going and I said fine
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The expression on his face would make me think
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He could almost read my mind
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That Johnson boy from down the road was asking
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If the kids could come and play
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Lord I wish I could have told him yes but I
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Just said I guess son not today
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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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From a better day and time
Birds that sang their pretty songs
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Aren't singing like they did when you were here
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Cause there's no happiness in music if somebody
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Isn't close enough to care
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I picked a ragged daisy from it's home
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Out in the corner of the yard
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She loves me she loves me not now I don't
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Have to wonder anymore
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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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I guess it's time to say goodbye