memory

midnight

not a sound from the pavement

has the moon lost her mem'ry?

she is smiling alone

in the lamplight

the withered leaves collect at my feet

and the wind begins to moan

mem'ry

all alone in the moonlight

i can smile at the old days

life was beautiful then

i remember

the time i knew what happiness was

let the mem'ry live again

ev'ry street lamp

seems to beat

a fatalistic warning

someone mutters

and a street lamp gutters

and soon it will be morning

daylight

i must wait for the sunrise

i must think of a new life

and i mustn't give in

when the dawn comes

tonight will be a memory too

and a new life will begin

sunlight through the trees in the summer

endless masquerading

like a flower as the dawn is breaking

the memory is fading

touch me

it's so easy to leave me

all alone with my mem'ry

of my days in the sun

if you touch me

you'll understand what happiness is

look a new day has begun