Cal Smith - I Just Came Home to Count the Memories lyrics

I saw roses choking in the gra** Flaking paint and a broken window pane A mailbox barely standing by the driveway I can almost see 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 memory still remains 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 me think He could almost read my mind 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 I just came home to count the memories That I've been counting in my mind I just came home to count the memories From a better day and time Birds that sang their pretty songs Aren't singing like they did when we were here Cause there's no happiness in music if somebody Isn't close enough to care I picked a ragged daisy from it's home Out in the corner of the yard She loves me she loves me not now I don't Have to wonder anymore I guess it's time to say goodbye