one twenty two fifty nine oak drive rolls off my tongue like a nursery rhyme wooden numbers on the front of your house where we fell in love little things they stick in my mind like they happened yesterday after all this time the way it turned out i never would ve thought i d remember so much but why is my heart so weak and my memory so strong somebody give me one good reason love is too short and forgettin s so long somewhere someday down the road maybe i won t care but when something so right goes so worng love is too short and forgettin s so long is there anyone who would please tell me where s my checkbook and my car keys if it wasn t sewn onto my shoulders i da lost my head well there s a whole lotta things i forget to do but i amaze myself when it comes to you i know nothin bout now but i know plenty bout way back then  cause when i think i got it all behind me and i m movin along you re right there to remind me love is too short and forgettin s so long somewhere someday down the road maybe i won t care but when something so right goes so worng love is too short and forgettin s so long but why is my heart so weak and my memory so strong somebody give me one good reason love is too short and forgettin s so long somewhere someday down the road maybe i won t care but when something so right goes so worng love is too short and forgettin s so long forgettin s so long forgettin s so long