read about memory

i remember drivin' and the smell of rain

and your hands out the window flyin' like a plane

i remember smilin' and starin' at your face

like it would disappear if i blinked or looked away

yeah

old hickory and your sick dress

won't let me go just yet

i remember sittin' on your folks' pull-out couch

you kept sayin' it was cold

i was starin' at your mouth

and the more i read about memory the less i pay it mind

it's just a story that we tell ourselves

or at most

a lullaby

yeah

your eyes and the tv glow

they will not let me go

and i know we had our reasons why

but i cannot hold them in my mind

yeah i know we had our reasons why

instead i

i remember watchin' you cross the room

i knew all your friends

i did not know you

and when you said your name

i felt vaguely sick

and the whole world swum beneath us

i loved you so quick

yeah

you laughed and turned your head

i can't get free of it

and i know we had our reasons why

but i cannot hold them in my mind

yeah i know we had some real bad times

but i cannot hold them in my mind

in my mind

in my mind

in my mind

in my mind