Timeless Country Love Memories | Original Acoustic Ballads | Clara Whitmore

The roses don't remember us anymore Your footsteps don't echo by my door But every night this old heart still assumes You'll come back before the roses lost their bloom We were young beneath the Tennessee sky Two wild hearts in a pickup driving by You'd hold my hand like time could never move Back before the roses lost their bloom Left from the porch swing light We danced barefoot nearly every night Old radios singing soft and low Playing songs we thought would never go But seasons turn without a warning sign Love can fade while pretending it's fine When the roses lost their bloom You stopped calling in the afternoon The house got colder in the month of June And silence filled the living room Now your picture hangs beside the moon Like a memory that left too soon I still love you though we're worlds apart Since the roses lost their bloom Inside my heart Your coffee cup still waits beside the sink Some nights I pour too without a think There's an old blue jacket by the stairs Lord knows I still smell your perfume there The neighbors say I ought to let you go But lonely nights don't listen anymore Every rain that taps against my room Sounds like you before the roses lost their bloom Sometimes goodbye comes quietly I caught a breeze falling from the trees When the roses lost their bloom You stopped humming all our favorite tunes Heaven knows I gave my heart to you But love slipped out too soon Now I talk to shadows in this room And dance alone beneath December moon I still need you though time moved on Since the roses lost their bloom And you were gone If I could turn this road around I'd run back to that little town Where your smile still waits for me Like a faded photograph I'll never leave And if the good Lord lets love bloom again I'd hold you longer than I did back then Cause losing you taught me the truth Nothing beautiful stays forever young Roses lost their bloom My whole world changed without warning you Now every sunset paints your memory Across this quiet room And though the years may come and go There's one thing heaven surely knows Part of me left with you that June When the roses lost their bloom The gardens old and winter came too soon But I still wait beside these faded blooms Hoping someday love returns anew Like the roses used to do Hold me close before the night is gone Let the old jukebox play our song If this is truly our last time tonight Give me one more dance before goodbye The neon light flickers on the wall Your shadow still moves down the hall That same old bar on Willow Drive Still keeps our younger years alive You wore that red dress I loved so much Lord, I still remember your touch We laughed like hearts could never break Like love was something time could never take But seasons change and people drift away Sometimes love don't find the words to stay So give me one more dance before goodbye One last slow turn beneath these lights Let me pretend we're still alright Just for tonight Lay your head against my heart once more Like the way you did before Before the silence filled our lives Give me one more dance before goodbye The band still plays those old sad songs The kind that know where broken hearts belong I see your eyes but they look far away Like you already left yesterday Your fingers tremble inside my hand Like two strangers trying to understand How something beautiful could fade Into a memory we cannot save And if tomorrow means letting go Tonight I just don't wanna know So give me one more dance before goodbye One last moment before love dies Let the whiskey hide the tears tonight Under these old bar lights Spin me slowly like we're twenty-two Like there's still forever left for me and you Before we become two lonely lives Give me one more dance before goodbye Maybe somewhere down another road we'll meet again When hearts grow old and laugh about these restless years And all the dreams we left right here But tonight the music feels so strong Like it's begging us to hold on Even though deep down we know Some loves are meant to let us go So give me one more dance before goodbye Before the moon leaves the sky Before your memory becomes Another lonely country song Let me keep this moment safe inside Where your smile will never die If this is truly our last night Hold me close before goodbye The jukebox fades, the room turns blue And all that's left of us is two Fading shadows in the morning light After one more dance before goodbye Every midnight wind still sounds like you Soft like the way you used to move And no matter how hard I try I still hear your name tonight There's an old lamp glowing by the bed And your memory still lives inside my head The house gets quiet after night That's when your ghost comes back to life I still reach across the sheets sometime Like your hand is waiting there for mine Funny how love can stay behind Long after goodbye Some hearts move on with morning light Mine gets lost in yesterday tonight I still hear your name tonight Floating through these lonely halls of mine Like an old country song that never dies Soft and low beneath the sky Every whisper of the rain outside Brings your memory back alive And no matter how I try I still hear your name tonight Your coffee cup is gone now from the shelf But I still talk to you when I'm by myself The radio plays our favorite tune And suddenly this room feels just like June I wonder if you think of me sometimes When the stars are hanging in the night Or if I'm only holding on to a love already gone Time keeps moving slow somehow But my heart never learned how I still hear your name tonight Like footsteps fading out of sight Like a prayer I can't stop saying Even after all this time Every shadow in the pale moonlight Feels like you're still by my side And no matter how I try I still hear your name tonight Maybe love don't really disappear Maybe it just lingers in the air In every dream, in every lonely room In every midnight blue I still hear your name tonight Soft as Tennessee moonlight Like the echo of a love so true I could never lose And if heaven lets old hearts reunite I'll be waiting where the stars shine bright Until then through all my life I'll still hear your name tonight The wind still calls your name sometime And I still answer every night There's a light in the window I still leave on Even though everybody says you're gone Somewhere deep inside My heart still believes You're standing there Waiting for me This green door creaks the way it used to do Every little thing still reminds me of you That old oak chair beside the wall Looks like you just walked out after all You'd watch the highway late at night Counting headlights passing by Hoping someday love would stay Instead of slipping away Now every evening feels the same Just me and the sound of rain At the window where you waited Love was young and uncomplicated Your smile could warm the coldest room Like roses blooming in June Now the curtains barely move But I still sit here thinking of you And every lonely sunset painted The window where you waited Your favorite records gather dust The way old memories always do to us But every song still sounds so clear Like your voice is somewhere near I remember how you'd softly say Don't let this love fade away But time has hands we cannot hold And hearts grow old Still I swear some nights I see Your shadow looking back me At the window where you waited Dreams were simple, hearts unguarded Summer nights and coffee cups Were somehow always enough Now the moonlight fills the room And paints your picture silver blue Every part of me remains there At the window where you waited If I could walk back through the years I'd hold you closer through the tears Cause I never knew goodbye could stay this long inside At the window where you waited I still feel the love we created Like an old photograph The time refused to ever let me lose And if heaven lets hearts reunite I'll find you there one more time Until then my soul stays stranded At the window where you waited There's a light in the window every night Just in case you ever find your way back home The summer rain came falling down again Like the night we said this love might end Now every storm brings back the pain Of how our love faded with the summer rain We used to drive those old back roads for hours Windows down breathing in the wild flowers You'd rest your head softly on my shoulder Back when our hearts were younger There was laughter dancing through the air And not a single shadow anywhere But seasons change without a sound And somehow love stopped coming around We tried to hold on through the storm But broken hearts can't keep love warm Our love faded with the summer rain Like colors washing off an old picture frame You slowly slipped right through my hands Like water running through the sand Now every thunder rolling through Still sounds a little bit like you And every cloud brings back the pain Since our love faded with the summer rain The front porch still remembers your goodbye I can still see tears shining in your eyes You said sometimes forever changes Even when two hearts still ache Now your side of the bed stays cold at night And silence fills the space where we once lied Funny how memories remain Long after love walks away I still pray somewhere deep inside Maybe time will change your mind Faded with the summer rain Slowly drifting further every day Like an old song losing melody But still haunting me Now every lonely midnight train Carries whispers of your name And every storm revives the pain Of our love fading with the summer rain If I could relive one moment again I'd stop that night before the end And hold you close enough to stay Before the clouds took love away But life keeps moving like the wind Leaving broken hearts wondering How something beautiful and true Could disappear like morning dew Faded with the summer rain But part of you still remains In every road and every song In every place where I belong And though the years may wash away The echoes of those yesterdays There's one thing time can never change I still love you through the rain Tonight the sky cries once again And I whisper your name into the wind While the summer rain keeps falling down On this lonely town You left your heart in Tennessee Somewhere between those old pine trees And every rope keeps calling me Back to where we used to be There's an old gas station off Highway 9 Where we used to stop almost every night Coffee cups and country songs Back when love still felt so strong You'd smile beneath that southern sky Stars reflected in your eyes Lord, I thought those nights would never end Back when you were more than just a friend But dreams can fade like smoke in the wind And some roads never lead back again When you left your heart in Tennessee Along with every part of me Every small town memory Still sounds like your melody Every sunset painted gold Reminds me of the love we used to hold No matter where this life may lead You left your heart in Tennessee Your old blue truck still crosses my mind Like a ghost from another time I still hear your laughter in the rain Like it never really went away Mama says I need to move along But this house still feels like your song And every porch light shining low Feels like waiting for you to come home Some nights I swear I see your face In every star above this place You left your heart in Tennessee And took my peaceful nights for me Down lonely rivers and willow trees Hold your memory endlessly Every road sign heading south Still tastes a little like your mouth And no matter where I dream to be You left your heart in Tennessee If I could ride those roads again I'd go back to where it all began Before goodbye found its way Into the words we couldn't say Maybe somewhere down the line You still think about you and I And all the love we couldn't keep Buried in those Tennessee dreams You left your heart in Tennessee But mine never truly left with me It still belongs to yesterday Where your shadow softly stays And if heaven lets old lovers meet I'll find you down those southern streets Until then every memory Leads me back to Tennessee The midnight wind still whispers sweet You left your heart in Tennessee