I Just Came Home To Count The Memories

I saw roses choking in the grass

Flicking pain in a broken window pane

The mail box barely standing by the driveway

And I can almost dream the name

The swing set and forgotten toys

Where little girls and boys played happy games

Everything I ever cared about is gone now

But the memories still remain

And the old man from the house across the street

Asked, "How's it going?"

And I said, "Fine"

The expression on his face would make you think

He could almost read my mind

And that Johnson boy from down the road

Was asking if the kids could come and play

Lord, I wish I could have told him yes

But I just said, "I guess, Son, not today"

Just came home to count the memories

I've been counting in my mind

Just came home to count the memories

Of a better day in time

And all the birds that sang such pretty songs

Aren't singing like they did when we were here

'Cause there's no happiness in news that gives somebody

That isn't close enough to care

So I picked a ragged daisy from this hole in the corner of the yard

He love me, he loves me not

No, I don't have to wonder anymore

Just came home to count the memories

I've been counting in my mind

Just came home to count the memories

Of a better day in time

Just came home to count the memories

Guess it's time to say goodbye