Memory
Original London Cast of Cats & Sarah Brightman & Elaine Paige * Track #20 On Cats: Original Cast Recording (1981 Original London Cast)
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Album Cats: Original Cast Recording (1981 Original London Cast)
- #1The Overture
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Original London Cast
- #2Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats
Original London Cast of Cats & Terrence Mann & Charlotte d’Amboise & Harry Groener & Ken Page & Brian Blessed
- #3The Naming of Cats
Andrew Lloyd Webber & Original London Cast
- #4The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball
Original London Cast of Cats
- #5The Old Gumbie Cat
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Myra Sands, Wayne Sleep, Susan Jane Tanner, & Geraldine Gardner
- #6The Rum Tum Tugger
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Finola Hughes, & Paul Nicholas
- #7Grizabella
Original London Cast of Cats & Betty Buckley & Elaine Paige
- #8Bustopher Jones
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Brian Blessed, Myra Sands, Susan Jane Tanner, & Geraldine Gardner & & Brian Blessed
- #9Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, John Thornton, & Bonnie Langford & Bonnie Langford & John Thornton
- #10Old Deuteronomy
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Wayne Sleep, Jeff Shankley, John Chester, & Brian Blessed
- #11The Jellicle Ball
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, & Sharon Lee Hill
- #12Grizabella the Glamour Cat
Original London Cast of Cats
- #13End of Act 1: Memory
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, & Elaine Paige & Elaine Paige
- #14The Moments of Happiness
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Brian Blessed, & Sarah Brightman & Ken Page & Brian Blessed
- #15Gus: The Theater Cat
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Susan Jane Tanner, & Stephen Tate
- #16Growltiger’s Last Stand
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Stephen Tate, Susan Jane Tanner, Jeff Shankley, & Roland Alexander
- #17Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Ken Wells, John Chester, Femi Taylor, Seeta Indrani, Bonnie Langford, Finola Hughes, Sarah Brightman, & Michel Verkoren
- #18Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Sharon Lee Hill, Geraldine Gardner, Roland Alexander, John Thornton, & Jeff Shankley
- #19Mr. Mistoffelees
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Original London Cast, Wayne Sleep, & Paul Nicholas
- #20Memory
Original London Cast of Cats & Sarah Brightman & Elaine Paige
- #21The Journey to the Heaviside Layer
Original London Cast of Cats
- #22The Ad-Dressing of Cats
Original London Cast of Cats & Brian Blessed
Memory by Original London Cast of Cats (Ft. Elaine Paige & Sarah Brightman)
About
Grizabella enters the stage once again and the Cats still recoil from her. Despairing, she sings this song which highlights her desperation to rejoin the Jellicle tribe and have love and warmth in her life again.
In newer productions, Grizabella collapses to the floor in sadness partway through the...
Memory Lyrics
[JEMIMA]
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
[GRIZABELLA]
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
Memory Q&A
Who wrote Memory's ?
Memory was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber & T.S. Eliot.