Someone Mentioned Your Name Lyrics - Hank Snow

Written by Merle Haggard 

Recorded by Hank Snow 

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I thought I w-as through missing you 

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I thought I was through being blue 

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And t-hen someone ment-ioned your n-ame 

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Some careless friend just chanced to say 

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That t-hey saw you the other day 

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And t-hey said you looked just the same 

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Then I remem-bered your arms and how they held me dear 

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But the memory only brought me that same old empty fear 

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Now I'm right back where I started that awful day we parted 

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And all because they men-tioned your name 

I told myself the hurt was gone 

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That not one memory lingered on 

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And t-hen someone ment-ioned your n-ame 

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They didn't mean to tear away 

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The veil that hid my yesterday 

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But there it was with all the same old pain