A Memory That Just Won't Quit Song Lyrics and Chords
A Memory That Just Won't Quit Song Lyrics and Chords by Sammy Kershaw
A Memory That Just Won't Quit
Recorded by Sammy Kershaw
Written by Walt Aldridge and Susan Longacre
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I saw your car today it looked like it anyway
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Those foreign makes all look the
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same
It took me way back to that time when I watched you
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Slam the door and drive
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away
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Ever since that night I just can't
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shake your memory
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It's everywhere I go and
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everything I see
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It's all over town tryin' to track me down
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Making sure that your old flame stays
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lit
Just like a blue tick hound dogging me around
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You've got a memory just won't
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quit
I've been out a time or two but what's a man to do
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When your memory tags
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along
I tried to give it the slip I got out in front of it
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But somehow it always beats me
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home
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always seems to hunt me down and
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chase me up a tree
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No matter what I just can't
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lose your memory
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Just like a blue tick hound dogging me around
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You've got a memory just won't
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quit
FAQ
Who sang the the song A Memory That Just Won't Quit?
- The song A Memory That Just Won't Quit was sang by Sammy Kershaw.
Who is Sammy Kershaw?
- Samuel Paul Kershaw (born February 24, 1958) is an American country music artist. He has released 16 studio albums, with three RIAA platinum certifications and two gold certifications among them. More than 25 singles have entered Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including his only number one hit "She Don't Know She's Beautiful" and 10 more Top 10 hits: "Cadillac Style", "Anywhere but Here", "Haunted Heart", "Queen of My Double-Wide Trailer", "I Can't Reach Her Anymore", "National Working Woman's Holiday", "Third Rate Romance", "Meant to Be", "Vidalia", and "Love of My Life".
Kershaw tried to enter politics, running as a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Louisiana in 2007 and 2010. In 2007 he finished third in the jungle primary, but Democrat Mitch Landrieu won strongly in the general election. In 2010 he carried more parishes than any other candidate, but placed third. He endorsed Republican Jay Dardenne, Secretary of State, for the position, who won the general election.
Kershaw has been married five times, most recently to country music star Lorrie Morgan.
