[Verse 1: Charles Kelley]

I'm in love with the thought of you when you were twenty-two

My pair of boots and your Converse shoes kicked off by the front door

Sippin' cheap tequila on the front porch

I'm in love with the history of you and me, how we used to be

The king and queen of this small town, young and wild

Somethin' from the '90s on the dashboard dial

[Pre-Chorus: Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott]

But, oh, a memory ain't enough

'Cause I can look, but I can't touch

[Chorus: Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott]

A memory can't kiss you outside of your mama's house

Midnight rain on a Chevy hood

A memory can't hold you in a Sarasota sunrise

Even though you wish it would

All it's gonna do is make you lose sleep at night

Wake up and leave you in the past

You can love a memory, but a memory

Can't love you back

[Verse 2: Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley]

Just when I think I found someone new, it comes out the blue

It kills my buzz and it kills the mood

Those two years, they're long gone

And I should be movin' on

[Pre-Chorus: Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott]

But, oh, a memory'll make it hard

It's time I realize it don't deserve my heart

Heart, oh

[Chorus: Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, Hillary Scott]

A memory can't kiss you outside of your mama's house

Midnight rain on a Chevy hood

A memory can't hold you in a Sarasota sunrise

Even though you wish it would

All it's gonna do is make you lose sleep at night

Wake up and leave you in the past

You can love a memory, but a memory

Can't love you back (Woah)

[Post-Chorus: Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott]

Oh, no (Oh)

[Bridge: Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott, Both]

A memory can't tell you how you make it feel

In the moonlight glow of a shotgun seat

A memory can't pick out a diamond ring

And say "I do" under an old oak tree

[Chorus: Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, Hillary Scott]

All it's gonna do is make you lose sleep at night

Wake up and leave you in the past

You can love a memory, but a memory

Can't love you back (Woah)

Can't love you back (Oh)

[Outro: Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott]

You can love a memory, but a memory

Can't love you back