He sat down next to the window By the TV at my bar He ordered Coke and whiskey And put something in my jar And old black and white photograph He hung onto all his life And his story broke my heart He said, "She was gonna be my wife" He said, "Hey mister, please take this picture 'Cause I don't wanna miss her anymore Though the corners are tattered and torn She's still the one that I adore Mister, please take this 'Cause I don't wanna miss her anymore" He told me how they met How at first sight they fell in love He didn't have to say what happened The picture told me what it was Her words in blue there on the back Had all but been erased By years of tears and promises Love lost but not replaced He said, "Hey mister, please take this picture 'Cause I don't wanna miss her anymore Though the corners are tattered and torn She's still the one that I adore Mister, please take this 'Cause I don't wanna miss her anymore" I put his picture in a drawer With all the other ones like her I get a different one every now and then And I hear the same old words Hey mister, please take this picture 'Cause I don't wanna miss her anymore