Karaoké I Just Came Home to Count the Memories John Anderson

I saw roses chokin' in the grass

Flakin' paint and 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 cared about is gone now but 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 Johnson boy from down the road was askin' 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

I just came home to count the memories that I've been countin' in my mind

I just came home to count the memories of a better day and time

All the birds that sang a pretty song aren't singin' like they did when we were here

'Cos there's no happiness in music if somebody isn't close enough to care

I picked a ragged 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 countin' in my mind

I just came home to count the memories

I guess it's time to say goodbye