I saw roses choking in the grass
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
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- Miscellaneous
- The Best Of Cal Smith
- Non-Album Releases
- Country Gold
- 16 Top Country Hits, Volume 2
- Superstars of Country: Dixie Road
- Nashville Country Rock
- Crazy Redneck Songs: Country Music for Real Rednecks
- 100 #1 Country Hits
- 100 Top Country Classics
- 40 Country Hits - Classic Hits from the 50s, 60s, and 70s...
- Tribute to the Grand Ole Opry, Vol. 1
- Twenty Country Classics
- Sad Songs and Waltzes: Heartbreaking Country Ballads
- Oh, Lonesome Me - Classic Country for the Broken Hearted
- Classic Country - All-Time Classic Country Hits, Vol. 2
- Classic Country - Bar Room Favorites
- From the Pen of Bill Anderson
- Lonesome Country Classics
- I Fought the Law: The Very Best Outlaw Country