You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory - Willy DeVille

It don’t pay to try

All the wiseguys know

It doesn’t mean you have to try

Even if you never ever know

Sometimes feeling so cold and alone

Walking the streets when you could be home

I don’t mean to be hard to you when I say

I can’t believe you’re still around today

Feeling so restless down here

Just like beating your head against the wall

Go, try to knock some sense into your head

Just be careful where you fall

Just a bastard kid

You made yourself a name

'Cause you were living on the run

You and me feel somewhat the same

You can’t put your arms around a memory

You can’t put your arms around a memory

You can’t put your arms around a memory

Don’t try

Don’t try

Now, all the scars, they still show

Even though they’re so, so old

They’ll always be here to let you know

It don’t pay to try

All the wiseguys know

It doesn’t mean you have to try

Even if you never ever ever know

You can’t put your arms around a memory

You can’t put your arms around a memory

You can’t put your arms around a memory

Don’t try

You can’t put your arms around a memory

You can’t put your arms around a memory

You can’t put your arms around a memory

Don’t try

You can’t put your arms around a memory

You can’t put your arms around a memory

You can’t put your arms around a memory

You can’t put your arms around a memory

You can’t put your arms around a memory