Next Best Thing Lyrics - Wilburn Brothers

You're gone you're gone you're really gone and won't be back again 

I know I should forget you but my heart just won't give in 

So we just sit at home alone your memory and I 

My friends would call me foolish but I've got a reason why 

We do the same things you used to like to do 

I sing the same songs I used to sing to you 

It's the only consolation that I've found 

But it's the next best thing to having you around 

[ steel - steel ] 

The sweet love words you whispered then still echo in my ear 

Your mem'ry still remains so strong it's almost like you're here 

I pictured that you left behind a dress I bought for you 

These things mean so much more to me than finding someone new 

It's just like old times when you were here with me 

We have a good time me and your memory 

Before I'm over you I run it in the ground 

But it's the next best thing to having you around