Gillian Welch, David Rawlings - I Just Came Home To Count The Memories Lyrics

I saw roses choking in the grass flaking paint
In a broken window pane
A mailbox barely standin' by the driveway
I could almost read 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 memories still remain

And the old man from the house across the street asked
"How's it goin'?" And I said, "Fine"
The expression on his face it'd make you think
He could almost read my mind

And that little 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"

Just came home to count the memories
I've been carrying in my mind
Just came home to count the memories
Of a better day and time

And all the birds that sang a pretty song
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

So I picked a raged daisy from its home
In the corner of the yard
He loves me, he loves me not
Now I don't have to wonder anymore

I just came home to count the memories
I've been counting in my mind
Just came home to count the memories
Of a better day and time
I just came home to count the memories
Guess it's time to say goodbye