Memories
Mac Davis * Track #3 On Song Painter
Memories Lyrics
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Memories
Pressed between the pages of my mind
Memories
Sweetened through the ages just like wine
Quiet thoughts come floating down
And settle softly to the ground
Like golden autumn leaves around my feet
I touched them and they burst apart with
Sweet memories
Sweet memories
Of lollipops and red bouquets
And twilights trimmed in purple haze
And laughing eyes and simple ways
And quiet nights and gentle days with you
Memories
I cling to them and tremble to the dawn
My memories
Are all that I have left
Now that you’ve gone
Oh, what would I do without my
Sweet memories…
Sweet memories
Of lollipops and red bouquets
And twilights trimmed in purple haze
And laughing eyes and simple ways
And quiet nights and gentle days with you
Memories
Sadly fragrant flowers turning brown
Memories
Soft and distant showers coming down
Coming down
Sweet memories
Sweet memories
Sweet memories
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{Transcribed directly from 1970 Mac Davis version, 13 APR2023 caj.}
Memories Q&A
Who wrote Memories's ?
Memories was written by Mac Davis & Billy Strange.
What did Mac Davis say about "Memories"?
In an interview with Billboard, Davis recalled:
[The producers of Elvis' TV special] had asked for a song about looking back over the years, and oddly enough, I had to write it in one night. I stayed up all night at Billy Strange’s house in Los Angeles. He had a little office set up in his garage....