By the TV at my bar
 He ordered Coke and whiskey
 And put something in my jar
 And old black and white photograph
 He hung onto all his life
 And his story broke my heart
 He said, "She was gonna be my wife"

 He said, "Hey mister, please take this picture
 'Cause I don't wanna miss her anymore
 Though the corners are tattered and torn
 She's still the one that I adore
 Mister, please take this
 'Cause I don't wanna miss her anymore"

 He told me how they met
 How at first sight they fell in love
 He didn't have to say what happened
 The picture told me what it was
 Her words in blue there on the back
 Had all but been erased
 By years of tears and promises
 Love lost  but not replaced

 He said, "Hey mister, please take this picture
 'Cause I don't wanna miss her anymore
 Though the corners are tattered and torn
 She's still the one that I adore
 Mister, please take this
 'Cause I don't wanna miss her anymore"

 I put his picture in a drawer
 With all the other ones like her
 I get a different one every now and then
 And I hear the same old words

 Hey mister, please take this picture
 'Cause I don't wanna miss her anymore