Lyrics

Annie- Shawn Hedderman

The doctor told me something, don’t remember what he said
something ‘bout my memory and how it’s worse than when we met
Some things i don’t remember, Some things I can’t forget
I asked him not to tell my sweet wife Annie- at least not yet
He nodded to me kindly, compassion in his eyes
You just tell her when you’re ready and we said our goodbyes

Oh my sweet darling when are you coming home?
I’ve been waiting on the porch for hours and…I’m still alone

In the bathroom mirror I do not recognize
The stranger looking back at me, reflecting in his eyes
A black and white rendition of distant memories
Mirroring the goals in life that HE’D hoped I’d achieve
He said I lived a rich life, full of friends and family
I blink and HIS clear image, disappears into the steam

Oh my sweet darling when are you coming home?
I’ve been waiting on the porch for hours and I’m still all alone

There’s one thing I remember I never will forget
The way you wore that blue dress the evening that we met
That was 40 years ago as my memory serves
I hope I’ve been the kind of man a girl like you deserves
See that proves it, my perfect memory
Unblemished and unbroken, one I can clearly see

Oh my sweet darling when are you coming home?
I’ve been waiting on the porch for hours and…I’m so cold

How did they they get in here, I didn't let them in
Yet with each evening sunset, they return again
Flashes and frustrations of broken memories
Like shards of bloody glass I pull from the bottoms of my feet
Keep me from seeing what’s real or make believe
It’s getting so confusing I can’t tell the liars from the thieves

A car pulls in the driveway and my kids come to my porch
They spend far too much time asking
What i do or do not know,
Like- do they look familiar and do i still recall
that their mother, my sweet Annie
Passed on several years ago
Of course i can remember I’m not crazy after all
Oh my sweet darling when are you coming home?