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 dream of the old days
life 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 street lamp sputters
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
music interlude
burnt out ends of smoky days
the stale cold smell of morning
a streetlamp dies another night is over
another day is dawning
touch me
it’s so easy to leave me
all alone with the memory
of my days in the sun
if you touch me you’ll understand what happiness is
look a new day has begun
Artist: Barbra Streisand
Year: 1982
Decade: 80s
Language: en
Word Count: 91