Memory
(aus dem Musical "Cats" von Andrew
Lloyd Webber)
Midnight, not a sound from the pavement.
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling allone.
In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at
my feet.
And the wind begins to moan.
Memory, all allone 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 day 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 allone 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.