I Haven’t Heard That Memory in a While
© 2018 Words and Music by Tom McDonald (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved.


Verse 1
That song came on the radio
A Texas town of El Paso
And a cowboy who was riding through

To hold the girl he’d die to have
My mind went back to Mom and Dad
One summer day, I heard that record play
I couldn’t have been more than 9 or 10
But in an instant I go right back there again

Chorus 1
When the words and the chords and the melody
Bring the memories flooding back to me
Ah Man I swear I might as well be there

I smell the exhaust from their Pontiac
I hear that vinyl record crack
And that’s just when the song will end

I hear that tune and I just have to smile
And I haven’t heard that memory in awhile

Verse 2
Are Tommy and Gina still hanging on?
That takes me back to my Senior Prom
And a young girl who
God knows what happened to

We danced to every song that played
Never realized that we had it made
Didn’t comprehend how our dance would end
I hear Bon Jovi’s Livin’ on a Prayer
And I can smell her perfume in the air

Chorus 2
When the words and the chords and the melody
Bring the memories flooding back to me
Ah Man I swear I might as well be there

We left the prom and our hometown
Headed for the shore with the T-tops down
And that’s just when the song will end
I hear that tune and I just have to smile
And I haven’t heard that memory in a while

Bridge
There’s no telling all the places I may go
Anytime I need to wander I turn on the radio

Chorus 3
When the words and the chords and the melody
Bring the memories flooding back to me
Ah Man I swear I might as well be there
On a sandy beach and I’m watching the waves
I’m together with family for the holidays

And that’s just when the song will end.
I hear those tunes and I just have to smile
And I haven’t heard those memories in a while