It was all that she left him, the night that she left him

So he clung to her memory with all of his might

He carried it with him everywhere he went

Like a soldier who just couldn't give up the fight

He took it to work, and he brought it back home

He took it so hard, couldn't leave it alone

We all called him crazy in our little town

The way that he carried her memory around

He boxed it up when he sold their old house

It rode right beside him there in the front seat

He littered his new place with those same old heartaches

It felt right at home there with her memory

He took it to church with him three times a week

He took it to bed when he layed down to sleep

The weight of remembering just wore him down

The longer he carried her memory around

When she never came back, he gave up on Jesus

And he never darkened another church door

He took up with whiskey, and he took up with women

'Till one night he just couldn't take anymore

He cried, 'God forgive me, but I've lost my will'

As he reached for that cold empty piece of blue steel

Then he put another big hole in his heart

The night that he carried her memory too far