Hank Snow Someone Mentioned Your Name Lyrics

Someone Mentioned Your Name Lyrics

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

 

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For I remem-bered your kiss    on the day we said goodbye

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 Was the l-ast glowing ember   of a flame that had to d-ie

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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