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 [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus 1] 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 [Verse 3] 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 [Chorus 2] 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 [Outro] In my mind In my mind In my mind In my mind