Where Old Memories Go to Die

[couchgrouch]

Where Old Mem'ries Go to DieI used to take him trackingin those peaceful mountain treesone day when that old hound vanishedI found him on a bed of leavesand since my woman left memy heart wandered to the ryecos it's in warm leaves of whiskeywhere old mem'ries go to dieshadows surround my spiritechoes hang in the midnight hallthey're the last breaths and whispersof a love I still recalland nightmares have cold, dark wingsthat circle my soul on highcos ravens always come lookingwhere old mem'ries go to diesomehow she convinced me her cheating was my faultbut somewhere past my bottle I can hear tomorrow callbut is there life after a lover says goodbyeor is time, always confinedwhere old mem'ries go to dieleft my jug on the tablestepped out in the western breezepast where my hound was restingI bid farewell to his treesI didn't walk in darknessthe moon went the extra milethen I found it's new horizonswhere old mem'ries go to die(c)2005 Robert George