New Patches Lyrics - Mel Tillis

Now and then an old friend tries to help me 

By telling me there's someone that I should meet 

Hey, but I don't have the heart to start all over 

'Cause my heart is laying at another's feet 

You just don't put new patches on old garments 

Hey, I don't want no one else on my mind 

I just don't need nobody new to cling to, Lord 

'Cause I still love someone I've known a long, long time 

I have built my world around a memory 

And she's the only one that I let in 

'Cause every time I've tried to love somebody, Lord 

In my mind I'm loving her again 

You just don't put new patches on old garments 

Hey, and I don't want no one else on my mind 

I just don't need nobody new to cling to, Lord 

'Cause I still love someone I've known a long, long time 

Yes, I still love someone I've known a long, long time