Just a Memory

Well, I guess the past

Ain't too far behind me

'Cause I can still see the way I found you that morning

In your faded wranglers

Your favorite Navy T-shirt

If only I could have seen the warnings

Another brother who lost the fight

To the demon in his mind

And now I live my life each day

Wondering if you could have been saved

'Cause I saw you

At the break of dawn

I was the first one

To find you gone

And I held you

I held you in my arms

And the pain of it all

Still breaks my heart

I could've answered the phone

Could've stayed the night

We could've had another smoke

Could've drank another Bud Light

But now you're

Just a memory

That I'll be taking to the grave with me

And I know, I know

That it ain't my fault

And you were already gone before I knocked on your door

But I can't help

but to blame myself

Man, I could have done so much more

Another brother who lost the fight

To the demon in his mind

And now I live my life each day

Wondering if you could have been saved

'Cause I saw you

At the break of dawn

I was the first one

To find you gone

And I held you

I held you in my arms

And the pain of it all

Still breaks my heart

I could've answered the phone

Could've stayed the night

We could've had another smoke

Could've drank another Bud Light

But now you're

Just a memory

That I'll be taking to the grave with me

What if I hadn't let you out of my sight

What if I'd kept you on the line

What if I just sat there and listened to you

Talk about anything you wanted to

And I knew you weren't doin' all that well

But if I only knew how far you fell

Oh, the things I'd have done for you

If I had known what you were gonna do

'Cause I saw you

At the break of dawn

I was the first one

To find you gone

And I held you

I held you in my arms

And the pain of it all

Still breaks my heart

I could've answered the phone

Could've stayed the night

We could've had another smoke

Could've drank another Bud Light

But now you're

Just a memory

That I'll be taking to the grave with me