Memory Burned

There's a note hanging off a dogwood branch

I never called and I never showed up

Left you hanging with the wind and the leaves

That night

I was off in the world in a real bad way

said you'd forgive me said that you'd stay

But the guilt of a lover being lost

Could make you cry

So I settled on the ridge out at sparrow hawk

Sealing the fate of our love with a quarter toss

I'm sure we could talk and make out

Just fine

Now this cross I bare is mine alone

And you know me I ain't gotta home

Full of all the things I need

To ease a mind.

If you called me I'd just hang up the line

I guess we coulda been somethin

We coulda burned it down

Why did we ever stop here in a little ole town

But now the heartache has started

The wheels have turned

And the only thing left is a memory burned

We were a 90s Crown Vic on the interstate

Turnin the knob on a radio date

Lost in the covers in the mornin

While it rained

I was getting to close to lovin you

Boys like me thats whatcha don't do

Did your momma every tell you

All I cause is pain

Oh but all you ever asked for was my name

I guess we coulda been somethin

We coulda burned it down

Why did we ever stop here in a little ole town

But now the heartache has started

The wheels have turned

Now the only thing now is a memory burned

There's time where I felt like callin

Sometimes I'd cuss the moon

Time's where I felt like cryin

Sometimes I'd forget about you

Things like this dont last

But things like this damn hurt

I hope you know that I loved you darlin

I just couldn't come down to earth

No I couldn't come back down to earth

I guess we coulda been somethin

We coulda made a stand

Sometimes life comes along just to wreck your plans

Now the heartache has started

The years have turned

Now the only thing left is a memory burned

The only thing left is a memory burned

The only thing left is a memory burned

The only thing left is a memory burned