That river by the house that she grew up in
Claimed the life of her brother, the life of her youngest kin
She watched the ice break late one winter day
Often wishes that she coulda been the one in his place
'Cause if he woulda lived, he'd be old enough to drive
Chasin' them girls on Saturday nights
And summers spent fishing all day
But the past ain't nothin' more
But a buncha things you can't change
We were just kids, she could do no wrong in my eyes
'Cause there was somethin' different and unique
In the way that her's shined
I died every time that she whispered my name
Most grown men ain't cut out for the lessons that she gave
Those days she turned the boys' heads with her half-hearted smile
Snapped their hearts like twigs in the dry summertime
Hand so soft, you barely feel it at all
The past ain't nothing more than
What little you can recall
No, the past ain't nothing more
But what little you can recall
And I heard her momma carried her own weight
In the scars left by a lesser man
Always said if she had to, that she'd have done it all again
Those children he gave taught her love like she'd never known
Yeah fuck him for the bruises
Thank god for the trinkets she showed
But they've all grown up and left her alone
And she spends her nights sittin' by the old telephone
And each time it rings
She prays it's one of them on the line
But, the past ain't nothin' more
Than those moments you left in time
No, the past ain't nothin' more
Than those moments you left in time
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She left a piece of herself in that desert so far away
Said that she made a choice
And some people just couldn't be saved
It was the job she was given
Not the job she signed up for
She tries to just hum it off
When her mind wanders back to the war
Singing la-da-da-du-da-da
Da-da-du-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-du-da-da
Da-du-da-da-da
La-da-da-da-du-da-da
Da-du-da-da-da
'Cause the past might be somewhere
That you can try to find some truth
Sometimes the past ain't nothin' more
Than a buncha shit you made it through