Just a Memory (Original Version)

I thought if I made you smile then I could change things If I made you laugh then I could win I thought we'd create our own world, baby Didn't think we'd end 'fore we'd begin I kept all the photos and the cards you wrote me They lay so quiet in a drawer Every word you wrote I'd seen before, baby From you they meant so much more Now you're just a memory A chapter written in the past You're a story of what could've been If the chapter of the book wasn't the last I wasn't looking for a fairytale But I was caught up in a dream I hoped would translate to reality Reality doesn't play for my team Countless times I waved you goodbye 'Til a distant dot was what you became 'Til one day goodbye became a farewell, baby And you became a picture in a frame Now you're just a memory A chapter written in the past You're a story of what could've been If the chapter of the book wasn't the last If dreams are the life we find inside ourselves If life is the love we find in someone else If love is a way to risk everything for the things that we want and need I'm fine with making memories I keep turning pages, baby I keep reading all the same I've read that book so much I got paper cuts from it Maybe I find comfort in the pain