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

Aye

Old hickory and your sack 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