Lyrics of Someone mentioned your name

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