I Just Came Home To Count The Memories (Album Version)-John Anderson

[ti:I Just Came Home To Count The ] [ar:John Anderson] [al:Rhino Hi-Five - John Anderson] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Just Came Home To Count The Memories - John Anderson [00:12.29]I saw roses choking in the grass flaking paint [00:17.00]In a broken window pane [00:19.63] [00:24.25]A mailbox barely standin' by the driveway [00:28.57]I can almost read the name [00:32.18] [00:36.06]A swing set and forgotten toys [00:38.74]Where little girls and boys played happy games [00:42.98] [00:47.23]Everything I ever care about is gone now [00:51.28]But all the memories still remain [00:53.91] [00:58.84]The old man from the house across the street asked [01:02.52]How's it goin' and I said fine [01:05.71] [01:10.27]But the expression on his face would make me think [01:14.36]That he could almost read my mind [01:17.96] [01:21.89]That little Johnson boy from down the road [01:24.89]Was asking if the kids could come and play [01:29.41] [01:33.34]Lord I wish I could have told them yes [01:36.38]But I just said I guess son not today [01:40.35] [01:43.10]I just came home to count the memories [01:46.78] [01:49.09]That I've been carrying in my mind [01:52.84] [01:54.78]I just came home to count the memories [01:58.91] [02:00.97]Of a better day and time [02:04.29] [02:08.04]And all the birds that sang a pretty song [02:10.98]They aren't singing like they did when we were here [02:16.23] [02:19.48]'Cause there's no happiness in music [02:22.70]When somebody isn't close enough to care [02:27.35] [02:31.34]I picked a raged daisy from its home [02:34.85]Out in the corner of the yard [02:38.78] [02:42.91]She loves me she loves me not [02:46.21]Now I don't have to wonder anymore [02:51.09] [02:52.65]I just came home to count the memories [02:56.96] [02:58.65]That I've been counting in my mind [03:02.72] [03:04.33]I just came home to count the memories [03:08.47] [03:10.10]I guess it's time to say goodbye