You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory

[Verse 1]

It doesn't pay to try

All the smart boys know why

It doesn't mean I didn't try

I just never knew why

Feel so cold and all alone

'Cause baby, you're not home

And when I'm home

Big deal, I'm still alone

[Verse 2]

Feel so restless, I am

Beat my head against a pole

Try to knock some sense

Down in my bones

And even though they don't show

The scars are so old

And when they go, yeah

They sure let you know, yeah

[Chorus]

You can't put your arms around a memory

You can't put your arms around a memory

You can't put your arms around a memory

Don't try, don't try

[Verse 3]

You're just a bastard kid

And you like your no-name

'Cause you're living with me

We're one and the same

And even though they don't show

The scars aren't that old

And when they go

They sure let you know

[Chorus]

You can't put your arms around a memory

You can't put your arms around a memory

You can't put your arms around a memory

Don't try, don't try

[Outro]

You can't put your arms around a memory

You can't put your arms around a memory

You can't put your arms around a memory

You can't put your arms around a memory

You can't put your arms around a memory

You can't put your arms around a memory

Don't try, don't try