Mel Tillis
Lingering Memories
If mem'ries were gathered like flowers each day I would pick a bouquetTo last through these long lonely hours but mem'ries aren't gathered that wayFor mem'ries don't grow like the roses when kissed by the sunshine and dewAnd mem'ries aren't carefully chosen they've bloomed from the love that once grewThere's mem'ries as sweet as the roses and sad as the violets of blueBut the lingering lingering mem'ries are the mem'ries that I have of youThat mem'ries would wither like flowers fall to the earth and decayEach day I would pray for the showers to wash all my mem'ries awayThere's mem'ries as sweet,But the lingering lingering mem'ries are the mem'ries that I have of you
From Letras Mania