She Never Lets Me Forget It

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She Never Lets Me Forget ItWe were at her mother’s to celebrate our tenthher mom was ornery from mixin’ Folger’s n crème de mentheShe looked at me ‘cross the table and with a hiccupSaid she recalled me pickin’ up her child in my old pick-upHow I took her to see Van Hagar back in ‘94When I dropped her off Bud cans fell outta my doorsI just poked at my salad and tried to be politeChecked my watch cos I barely remember that nightBut she never lets me forget itI wish it all would fade but she won’t let itDoes she regret I met her daughter years agoWhen she gets to talkin’ I think I knowYeah, I know where it’s all headedCos she never lets me forget itThen she said months later I was drivin’ down their streetI saw some strange guy kissin’ my gal on the cheekWell, I laid him out like a dead leaf on their lawnTurned out he was her cousin down from Arkansasand she never lets me forget itI wish it all would fade but she won’t let itDoes she regret I wed her daughter years agoWhen she gets to talkin’ I think I knowYeah, I know where it’s all headedCos she never lets me forget itThen she took one last sip from her cupTried to tell one more but got all choked upSo my wife finished the story cos she’d heard it beforeHow I held her hand all night after our son was bornShe pulled me close and said I never left her sideHer mama told her cos she barely remembers that nightBut she never lets me forget itI wish it all would fade but she won’t let itDoes she regret I met her all those years agoWhen she gets to talkin’ I think I knowYeah, I know where it’s all headedCos she never lets me forget it©2007 Robert George