Just Someone I Used to Know - Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton

There's a picture that I carry One we made some time ago When they ask who's in the picture with me I say just someone I used to know Just someone, I used to spend some time with Just a flame, that's lost it's glow But I don't them of the nights I cried without you I say just someone I used to know Just someone, I used to run around with Just a friend from long ago I don't tell them, how lost I am without you I say just someone I used to know I say just someone I used to know

Four walls, two chests and the doorway To a room that has always stayed closed But sometimes that door can be opened By someone that you used to know. It's been many long years since I've seen her I got a letter just yesterday It seemed like it came out of no where And here's what she had to say. The years have gone by, some good and some bad But I never stop thinking 'bout the times that we had Oh, so meet me tomorrow where we used to go She signed it someone that you used to know. --- Instrumental --- Time is a river that flows down the stream Never to return to the place where it's been Still there's some people that stays in your soul Like someone that you used to know. The years have gone by, some good and some bad But I never stop thinking 'bout the times that we had Oh, so meet me tomorrow where we used to go She signed it someone that you used to know. Someone that you used to know...

I ain't gonna lie to you And say it didn't hurt To see you with someone new And you were wearing my old blue shirt But it didn't kill me until we said "Hello" And I became someone you used to know Like a friend, like a fool Like some guy you knew in school Didn't we love, didn't we share Or don't you even care I know we said we were through But I never knew how quickly I would go From someone you loved to someone you used to know Bet you didn't tell him about that weekend at the coast Or how we used to argue about who loved who the most Well, I guess I won that one, cause I still need you so But to you I'm just someone you used to know Like a friend, like a fool Like some guy you knew in school Didn't we love, didn't we share Or don't you even care I know we said we were through But I never knew how quickly I would go From someone you loved to someone you used to know Didn't we love, didn't we share Or don't you even care I know you said we were through But I never knew how quickly I would go From someone you loved to someone you used to know I'm not someone you love I'm someone you used to know

Time to let go Time to let go It's been a long time coming Of someone that I used to know Hometown hero at the bar Burned out high life super star You know Kept a buzz to fill the hole Loved the lights and stole the show Someone I used to know Would stay another round Someone I used to know Ran himself in the ground It's been a long time comin' Couldn't keep on runnin' Had to hit rock bottom to know When you keep on losin' With the path you're choosin' And it's time to let go Of someone that I used to know Time to let go Time to let go It's been a long time coming A long time coming Time to let go Time to let go It's been a long time coming Of someone that I used to know Time to let go Time to let go It's been a long time coming A long time coming Time to let go Time to let go It's been a long time coming Of someone that I used to know Rides the high that tears him down Hates himself and loves the crowd The king of fools, a heavy crown He didn't know we almost drowned Someone I used to know Would stay another round Someone I used to know Ran himself in the ground It's been a long time comin' Couldn't keep on runnin' Had to hit rock bottom to know When you keep on losin' With the path you're choosin' And it's time to let go Of someone that I used to know Time to let go Time to let go It's been a long time coming A long time coming Time to let go Time to let go It's been a long time coming Of someone that I used to know It's been a long time comin' Couldn't keep on runnin' Had to hit rock bottom to know When you keep on losin' With the path you're choosin' And it's time to let go Of someone that I used to know Time to let go Time to let go It's been a long time coming Of someone that I used to know

We're well known in every honky tonk in town Not a night goes by that we don't make the rounds People wonder why we choose to live this way Why don't they ever stay at home I hear them say But home is where the hurt is Cause love doesn't live there anymore Home is where the hurt is That's why we don't stay at home much anymore What was once our happy home has come to be A place to fuss and fight and disagree Our lonely house with wall to wall regret And these bright lights somehow help us to forget Cause home is where the hurt is... That's why we don't stay at home much anymore

So break out the bottle bring on the crowd Just gather round me 'cause misery loves a company I've just left my home friends where I couldn't sleep For missin' a woman that I couldn't keep She just walked out and left me for somebody else Now her memory keeps hauntin' me when I'm by myself So break out the bottle bring on the crowd Tell funny stories turn the jukebox up loud Come on sit at my table where the drinks are on me Just gather round me 'cause misery loves company Now I'm not the first one who's lost everything To a false hearted woman with a false hearted dream But this is the first time I've suffered myself Help me get over this love I'll handle the next love all by myself So break out the bottle bring on the crowd Tell funny stories turn the jukebox up loud Come on sit at my table where the drinks are on me Just gather round me 'cause misery loves company

Take my hand and run with me Out of the past called yesterday Walk with me into the future of tomorrow Yesterday must be forgot No looking back, no matter what There's nothing there but memories that bring sorrow Yesterday is gone But tomorrow is forever No more crying, tears leave tracks Memories find their way back Tomorrow's waiting, let's journey there together Yesterday is gone But tomorrow is forever I care not for yesterday I love you as you are today And yesterday just helped to pass the time while waiting We must forget, we will in time My love for you is the real kind The kind that won't hurt you, no, never Yesterday is gone But tomorrow is forever Yesterday is gone But tomorrow is forever

An acre of diamonds I'd offer to you A solid gold mansion, an airplane or two This whole world would be yours to have and to hold If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold I'd have all the riches my pockets would hold I'd be, oh, so wealthy with treasures untold If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold The tears that have fallen won't buy you a thing The heartaches you've caused me won't pay for a ring The love that I wanted would not have grown cold If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold I'd have all the riches my pockets would hold I'd be, oh, so wealthy with treasures untold If teardrops were pennies and heartaches were gold But teardrops aren't pennies And heartaches aren't gold

How many ti-imes ha-ave you heard someone say If I had his money I would do things my way But little they know That it's so hard to find One rich man in te-en With a satisfied mi-ind Once I was wading in fortune and fame Everything that I've dreamed for to get a start in li-ife's game But suddenly it ha-appened I lost every dime But I'm richer by far-ar With a satisfied mi-ind Money can't buy-uy back your youth when you're old Or a friend when you're lonely or a love that's grown co-old The wealthiest person Is a pauper at times Compared to the ma-an With a satisfied mi-ind When li-ife has ended and my time has run out My friends and my loved ones, I'll leave there's no doubt But there's one thing for cer-ertain When it comes my time I'll leave this old wor-orld With a satisfied mi-ind