I Want To Carry Your Sweet Memories Lyrics - The Statler Brothers

I WANT TO CARRY YOUR SWEET MEMORIES 

WRITER LEW DeWITT 

I wanna carry your sweet memories to my grave. 

At last I've broken off the chain 

Now just a few shackle marks remain 

Now and then a little jolt of sorrow hits my mind 

But after a while I soon forget the pain. 

And go on with sweet memories of you 

And find that I can live my life anew 

And I erase each thought that I might want you back again 

When I remember all you put me through. 

I don't wanna be your servant anymore 

I don't wanna be your slave 

I just wanna remember all the good times that we shared 

And carry those sweet memories to my grave. 

And now I'm free of most the pain 

And I don't wanna' hurt that way again 

If I catch me longin' for the way things used to be 

I just pick up a piece of broken chain. 

That chain recalls a lot to me 

I'm reminded how things used to be 

There's just some things I'd rather not remember about you 

I just wanna' have sweet memories. 

I don't wanna be your servant anymore 

I don't wanna be your slave 

I just wanna remember all the good times that we shared 

And carry those sweet memories to my grave. 

I don't wanna be your servant anymore 

I don't wanna be your slave 

I just wanna remember all the good times that we shared 

And carry those sweet memories to my grave...