Cal Smith - I Just Came Home To Count The Memories lyrics

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I saw roses choking in the grass<br>

Flaking paint and a broken window pane<br>

A mailbox barely standing by the driveway<br>

I can almost see the name<br>

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A swing set and forgotten toys where<br>

Little girls and boys played happy games<br>

Everything I ever cared about is gone now<br>

But the memory still remains<br>

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The old man from the house across the street asked<br>

How's it going and I said fine<br>

The expression on his face would make me think<br>

He could almost read my mind<br>

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That Johnson boy from down the road was asking<br>

If the kids could come and play<br>

Lord I wish I could have told him yes but I<br>

Just said I guess son not today<br>

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I just came home to count the memories<br>

That I've been counting in my mind<br>

I just came home to count the memories<br>

From a better day and time<br>

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Birds that sang their pretty songs<br>

Aren't singing like they did when we were here<br>

Cause there's no happiness in music if somebody<br>

Isn't close enough to care<br>

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I picked a ragged daisy from it's home<br>

Out in the corner of the yard<br>

She loves me she loves me not now I don't<br>

Have to wonder anymore<br>

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I guess it's time to say goodbye<br>

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