Mid night.
Not a sound from the pave ment.
Has the moon lost her mem ’ry?
She is smil ing a lone.
In the lamp light the with ered leaves col lect at my feet
and the wind ’ry
be gins to moan.
Mem ’ry
all a lone in the moon light
I can smile at the old days,
I was beau ti ful then.
I re mem ber the time I knew what hap pi ness was,
let the mem ’ry
be live a moan.
gain.
Ev ’ry street lamp seems
to beat
a fa tal is tic warn ing.
The Some one mut ters an and a street lamp gut ters
and soon it will be morn ing.
Day light.
I must wait for the sun rise,
I must think of a new life
and I must n’t give in.
When the dawn comes, to night will be a mem o ry too
and a new day
will be gin.
dawn ing.
Touch me.
It’s so eas y to leave me
all a lone with the mem ’ry
of my days in the sun.
If you touch me you’ll un der stand what hap pi ness is.
Look a new day
has be gun.
This page shows “Memory” by Andrew Lloyd Webber in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 84 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.