I Just Came Home To Count The Memories - John Anderson

作词：John Anderson/John Anderson/MC Rather/Glenn Ray

作曲：John Anderson/John Anderson/MC Rather/Glenn Ray

I saw roses choking in

the grass flaking paint

In a broken window

pane

A mailbox barely standin'

by the driveway

I can almost read

the name

A swing set and forgotten

toys

Where little girls and boys

played happy games

Everything I ever care

about is gone now

But all the memories

still remain

The old man from

the house

across the street asked

How's it goin' and I

said fine

But the expression on his

face would make

me think

That he could almost

read my mind

That little Johnson boy

from down the road

Was asking if the kids

could come and play

Lord I wish I could have

told them yes

But I just said I guess

son not today

I just came home to

count the memories

That I've been carrying

in my mind

I just came home to

count the memories

Of a better day

and time

And all the birds that

sang a pretty song

They aren't singing like

they did when we

were here

'Cause there's no

happiness in music

When somebody isn't

close enough to care

I picked a raged daisy

from its home

Out in the corner of

the yard

She loves me she

loves me not

Now I don't have to

wonder anymore

I just came home to

count the memories

That I've been counting

in my mind

I just came home to

count the memories

I guess it's time to

say goodbye