Some Memories Are Better Left Alone Chords & Lyrics - Mickey Newbury

[A]A solitary [C#7]whippoorwill [D]is singing in the [Bm]night
[E7]I watch until he spreads his wings [D]and he [E]sails into the [A]sky [E] [A]
Somewhere in the [C#7]distance I can [D]hear his painful [Bm]song
He said [A]some memories are [E7]better left al[A]one

Have you ever seen a freight train rolling down the track
Eighty wheels on a thread of steel never looking back
Even when I was young it still chilled me to the bone
Yes some memories are better left alone

Do you [D]ever have a [D+]longing for a [Bm]pure and simple [G#dim]time
When [A]all we had bet[F#m]ween us was a d[D]ream and one thin d[E7]ime
And we were [A]flat out on the [C#7]highway with no[D] place to be but [Bm]gone
Yes, [A]some memories are [E7]better left al[A]one

Well I feel just like that whippoorwill singing in the night
Trying once again to sleep I turn out the light
Lying in the darkness I am waiting for the dawn
Yes some memories are better left alone

[A]I am lying in the [C#7]darkness [D]waiting for the [Dm]dawn
Lord, some [A]memories are [E7]better left a[D]lone[Bm] [A]