The Best of Me

I found a box of memories

Read a letter, dropped a tear where you signed your name

And turnin' the page, smearin' the ink in the, "Love, always"

But, girl, I always start this way

Then I end up in a bottle, screamin' out your name

And punchin' the walls, carryin' on like I've gone insane

And in the mirror, I can see the man

Who just shook his head with no remorse

Watched an angel cryin' tears

Packin' all of her things as she walked out the door

'Cause there ain't nothing like a memory

When it's comin' on strong like a hurricane

How can love like that just up and walk away?

It's killin' me, babe

It's got me pourin' up another drink

Bourbon's hittin' me hard like a freight train

But with my back against the wall or on my knees

When the worst of your memory gets the best of me

Well, I remember it all too well

Ridin' four-forty-one down to Milledgeville

And crossin' the bridge as the sun set on Lake Sinclair

I couldn't wait to see your smile

But all I saw was tears in your pretty eyes

That said it all

It was all downhill from there

And I remember you sayin', "Baby

Please don't give up on me"

Oh, but, baby, this stubborn man

Is gonna lie in the bed he made

'Cause there ain't nothing like a memory

When it's comin' on strong like a hurricane

How can love like that just up and walk away?

It's killin' me, babe

It's got me pourin' up another drink

Bourbon's hittin' me hard like a freight train

With my back against the wall or on my knees

When the worst of your memory gets the best of me

'Cause there ain't nothing like a memory

When it's comin' on strong like a hurricane

How can love like that just up and walk away?

It's killin' me, babe

It's got me pourin' up another drink

Bourbon's hittin' me hard like a freight train

With my back against the wall or on my knees

When the worst of your memory gets the best of me

Oh, gets the best of me