Here's another interpretation:

I REMEMBER LOVING YOU
(Sheb Woolley recording)

I look at my old suitcase
And I think of all the places that I've been,
All the rail yards and the jail guards,
And the dumpy little towns that I've been in;
And the whispers of the people
As they see me ever movin', passin' through;
Yes, I remember all these things,
But mostly I remember loving you.

CHORUS:
I remember loving you,
Like no other love I knew,
I've forgotten quite a few,
But I remember loving you.

The dingy smells of cheap hotels
Are huddled in some boxcar from the rain;
The flashing lights that cut the night,
And the railroad bull that kicked me off the train;
The wind that blows, the winter snow
And freezin' in the cold until I'm blue
Yes, I remember all these things,
But mostly I remember loving you.
CHORUS

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Here's a nice recording by Roy Bailey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SB25TiICwI

...and Garrison Keillor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx2gAJ89x2k (significant alterations, and Keillor attributes it to Bruce Phillips)