Here I sit fighting a mem'ry and it looks like the mem'ry's gonna win Here I sit fighting a mem'ry and I'm trying thinkin' about you once again A mem'ry's all you left me when you went away And I have to fight that mem'ry every day I tried a lot of thing to get you off my mind But I think about you almost all the time Here I sit fighting a mem'ry... ( steel ) Once so close we couldn't stand to be apart Now thoughts can't fill these arms and lonely heart The bottle numbs my mind of days of you and me When the bottle's dry here comes your memory Here I sit fighting a mem'ry...