Well, I made my plans To leave you far behind To put you in my past And get you off my mind So, I took your memory On a midnight ride Down a dark and lonely back road And left you there to die But look what followed me home I thought I was alone But your memory It's coming back to me I thought I'd left it behind And had you off my mind But I see I was wrong, wrong, wrong Look what followed me home Well, I walked down to the river At the break of dawn With a picture of you, darlin' Up underneath my arm I said, the heartache's over Today is your last day And I thanked that muddy river As it carried you away Look what followed me home I thought I was alone But your memory It's coming back to me I thought I'd left it behind Had you off my mind But I see I was wrong, wrong, wrong Look what followed me home Yeah, I see I was wrong, wrong, wrong Look what followed me home