The Statler Brothers – Maple Street Memories (Guitar)

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We were both nine years old when you came to town

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I remember the big Allied Van.

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My momma went over and took you all lunch, my dad

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gave your dad a hand.

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And the first time I saw you was through the screen 

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door, when the paper I threw missed the porch.

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Lord, it's been years since I carried the news, but

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I still carry the torch.

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Maple Street memories and cherry tree games,

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summer nights and ice cream cones.

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Take the red from the roses, the sun from the sky,

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but leave my Maple Street memories alone.

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Leave my Maple Street memories alone.

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We played hide-n-seek in the buildings out back

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I was easy to find I admit.

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As the years flew away it got harder to hide

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The fact I thought you were it.

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Then we stood by the Lilac bush in your yard

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Your pink prom gown late in May

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Your mom took our pictures, I took your hand

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and you took my breath away.

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Maple Street memories and cherry tree games,

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summer nights and ice cream cones.

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Take the red from the roses, the sun from the sky,

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but leave my Maple Street memories alone.

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Leave my Maple Street memories alone.

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I never go back that I don't stand in the yard

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and look at your window upstairs.

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In my mind I see you combing your hair

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blowing kisses at me in the air.

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Then one time at Christmas I saw you come home,

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your arms full of children that day.

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It was later that night when I put mine to bed,

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I put my Maple Street memories away.

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Maple Street memories and cherry tree games.

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Summer nights and bicycle games.

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Leave me with something my heart can take,

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but take those Maple Street memories away

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Take those Maple Street memories away.