[Verse 1]
This song is for you, you know who you are
I won't embarrass you by calling out your name
You're here every night, serving up the drinks
Wearing your superficial smile

You still wear the wedding band on your left hard-working hand
For a memory of a man who's chained and bound
Lord, knows you need a man and an understanding hand
Before you run completely out of love

[Chorus]
You can't stay in love with a memory
You can't stay in love with a dream
Yet you've fallen in love with a picture on the wall
The sad part is the picture is not of me

[Verse 2]
That cold December day, they took her man away
Never dreaming of a gentle heart they've grown
Now she waits by the phone, she waits there all alone
But the only one who ever calls is me

Now I'm a prisoner of a slave to one-way love
I'd wish they let him go, so I'd be free
Break this chains that bind and release this heart of mine
Before I run completely out of love
[Chorus]
You can't stay in love with a memory
You can't fall in love with a dream
Yet you've fallen in love with a picture on the wall
The sad part is the picture is not of me