Grand production 1960s Roy Orbison style pop ballad with rootsy vocal and Phil Spector production.
"......he sounds more like he began as a lounge singer, pulled from a musical at a young age and indoctrinated into a punk lifestyle of hard guitars and dark clubs. His crooning on Memories is a microcosm of his style throughout the whole album. He drags the song’s name over several bars with melodic grace, once sounding nostalgic then bitter while guitars jag in and out and an old style organ wails Hold Steady style."
Brad McNaughton - Rip It Up (2010)
lyrics
I went outside
To see if I could see your face in the clouds above
I spent all day just wondering
What would have become if I could keep our love
Why do the birds still sing
Above the traffic jams in the morning
I guess I’ll wait and see
What will become of
Memories that fill my mind
Are slowly fading with the passing time
But every now and then
The scent of your clothes will take me back again
This satellite
That circles your top drawer
Why do you follow me
This fading memory
Memories, sweet memories
I breathe out every breath when you breathe in
Memories, oh memories
You are the next best thing
Just like a dream
You slowly disappear
Without goodbyes
And leave me without memories
Just like a dream
Oh you slowly disappear
Without goodbyes
And leave me without
Memories, oh memories
I breathe out every breath when you breathe in
Memories, oh memories
Who is your next of kin
Just like a dream
I awake to find you’re gone
Without goodbyes
And leave me without memories
Just like a dream
I awake to find you’re gone
Without goodbyes
And leave me without memories
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