Written by Merle Haggard
Recorded by Hank Snow
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I thought I w-as through missing you
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I thought I was through being blue
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And t-hen someone ment-ioned your -ame
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Some careless friend just chanced to say
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That t-hey saw you the other day
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And t-hey said you looked just the same
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Then I remem-bered your arms and how they held me dear
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But the memory only brought me that same old empty fear
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Now I'm right back where I started that awful day we parted
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And all because they men-tioned your name
I told myself the hurt was gone
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That not one memory lingered on
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And t-hen someone ment-ioned your -ame
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They didn't mean to tear away
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The veil that hid my yesterday
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But there it was with all the same old pain
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For I remem-bered your kiss on the day we said goodbye
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Was the l-ast glowing ember of a flame that had to d-ie
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Now I'm right back where I started that awful day we parted
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And all because they men-tioned your name