Memory

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 streetlamp seems to beat A fatalistic warning Someone mutters And the streetlamp 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 day Will begin Burnt-out ends of smokey days The stale cold smell of morning A 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