Here I sit fighting a mem'ry and it looks like the mem'ry's gonna win   Here I sit fighting a mem'ry and I'm trying thinkin' about you once again      A mem'ry's all you left me when you went away   And I have to fight that mem'ry every day   I tried a lot of thing to get you off my mind   But I think about you almost all the time   Here I sit fighting a mem'ry...   [ steel ]   Once so close we couldn't stand to be apart   Now thoughts can't fill these arms and lonely heart   The bottle numbs my mind of days of you and me   When the bottle's dry here comes your memory   Here I sit fighting a mem'ry...