Every time I leave you in the past Just when my mind quits lookin' back I hear a hurtin' song That takes me back where we went wrong It's like every word and melody Was written just for you and me I'd give anything if I could just move on But country music won't let me It's way too real It hits me heavy Right when I'm lettin' go It keeps me holdin' on That lonely, cryin' steel guitar Re-breaks the broken in my heart Thought I'd be over you already But country music won't let me It follows me everywhere I go In the bar, in the car, on the radio Even when I turn it off I still sing along And when the needle Falls on Patsy Cline I fall to pieces every time I'd give anything If I could just stay strong But country music won't let me It's way too real It hits me heavy Right when I'm lettin' go It keeps me holdin' on That lonely, cryin' steel guitar Re-breaks the broken in my heart Thought I'd be over you already But country music won't let me Can't nothin' but a memory (Nothin' but a memory) But I wish it could forget me Country music won't let me It's way too real It hits me heavy Right when I'm lettin' go It keeps me holdin' on That lonely, cryin' steel guitar Re-breaks the broken in my heart Thought I'd be over you already But country music won't let me It won't let me Yeah