Nanci Griffith - Love In A Memory lyrics

She sleeps alone in the
Warm nights of Memphis
Where the Peabody Hotel meets
The velveteen sky she sings like the waves
In the cool Mississippi
That brought her from St paul in '75
And men come to court her
With roses and sweet wine
Where hands cross the ivories
From six until nine
She sings away sorrow each night
When she leaves him she goes home alone
She's not the marrying kind

Love is a memory that she'll always hold
Cuz love in a memory never grows old
Why she did leave him, well nobody knows
Love in a memory never grows old

Now he works the toll booth
On the New Jersey Turnpike
The ring on his finger grows cold to the bone
His sons were all dreamers who
Cheat on their own wives
He still dreams of St paul
When he's cheating alone

Love is a memory that he'll always hold
Cause love in a memory never grows old
Why she did leave him, well, nobody knows
Cuz love in a memory never grows old