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Elaine Paige Performs 'Memory' - Royal Albert Hall | Cats the Musical
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elaine Paige
Elaine Paige
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer
T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot
Poetry
Trevor Nunn
Trevor Nunn
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tony Visconti
Tony Visconti
Producer

Lyrics

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
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 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 my memory
Of my days 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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