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Memory

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Memory was released on July 1, 1981 by LW Entertainment Ltd as a part of the album Cats (Original 1981 London Cast)

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Performer

Elaine Paige

Vocals

"Cats" 1981 Original London Cast

"Cats" 1981 Original London Cast

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Composer

T.S. Eliot

Poetry

Trevor Nunn

Lyrics

David Cullen

Orchestrator

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Producer

David Hamilton Smith

David Hamilton Smith

Recording Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Daylight

See the dew on a sunflower

And a rose that is fading

Roses wither away

Like the sunflower

I yearn to turn my face to the dawn

I am waiting

For the day

[Verse 2]

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

[Verse 3]

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

[Verse 4]

Every streetlamp seems to beat

A fatalistic warning

Someone mutters and the streetlamp gutters

And soon it will be morning

[Verse 5]

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 day will begin

[Verse 6]

Burnt out ends of smoky days

The stale cold smell of morning

A streetlamp dies

Another night is over

Another dawn is dawning

[Verse 7]

Touch me

It's so easy to leave me

All alone with my memory

Of my day in the sun

If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is

Look, a new day has begun

Written by: Andrew Lloyd Webber, T.S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn

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