Memories, things that fade away as time goes by.

Title: Memories
Composer: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics: T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn

Many people have requested me to play this, and it's still in my book, so I play it as I go through the book alphabetically, both at Mayo Hospital and at church in Fellowship Hall. It's from the well known play, "Cats". When it comes to memories, they sure do seem to fade away as we get older. The reason that I chose it is because the meds that I had been taking for brain memory gave me stomach issues and haven't helped me a lot. Eventually I was told not to take some them, so I've stopped my former memory meds and am on a new one that really seems to be helping me. Solutions to this problem of fading memories are few and far in between, with very low chance of success, but maybe this song will help bring back some of those memories you may have of loved ones or a good experience you've had.

Lyrics:
Midnight, not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember
The time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Every 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

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The street lamp dies
Another night is over
Another day is dawning

Touch me, it's so easy to leave me
All alone with my memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me
You'll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun...