You're just a memory
The tires were wearing thin, she turned a mile or two
She took my guitar, she began to play
And you're just a memory
We spent a lonely night at the memory motel
You're just a memory
Of a love that used to be
Sha la la la la
Of a love that used to mean so much to me
You're just a memory
And she use it well, yes she does
Sha la la la la
It's just some friends of mine and they're busting down the door
We've been ten thousand miles, I've been to fifteen states
It took one starry night to steal my heart away
She drove a pick-up truck painted green and blue
She got a mind of her own
What's all this laughter on the 22nd floor?
Oh yes it is
Her eyes were hazel and her teeth were slightly curved
Sha la la la la
You're just a memory
Of a love that used to mean so much to me
Of a love that used to be
"Back up to Boston, I'm singing in a bar"
You're just a memory
She got a mind of her own
Been a lonely night at the memory motel
You're just a memory
On the seventh day, my eyes were all a glaze
Of a love that used to mean so much to me, oh yeah
She got a mind of her own
Of a love that used to be
And she used it well, yes she does, oh yeah
Sha la la la la
Of a love that used to be
She sang a song for me and it stuck right in my heart
And she used it mighty fine, yes she does, oh yeah
She got a mind of her own
It's on the ocean, I guess you know it well
Out on the water front, her hair all drenched in spray
She got a mind, she got a mind of her own
Hannah baby was a honey of a girl
I hit the bottle and I hit the sack and cried
And she use it, she used it mighty fine, yeah
She got a mind of her own
Every woman seemed to fade out of my mind
Of a love that used to mean so much to me
When I asked her where she's headed for
And she used it well
You're just a memory
