Memories Of Love

memories of love creep in

quiet as a mouse

when you're finally sleeping

and they fill the house

they begin their quaint folk dance

the bed starts to shake

some get in your pajama pants

and you jolt awake

some are like a sip of champagne

some are harder stuff

some are advertising campaigns

memories of love

every secret desire

every teenage crush

every little cragmire

come to make you blush

every pecca-dillo

every sordid scene

what you said to your pillow

what you dared to dream

some are vicious lies and libel

some are true enough

some are modern, some are tribal

memories of love

every tearless farewell

when a young man died

in the empty stairwell

where at last, she cried

you say: "that's not funny

just go away!"

soon you're down on one knee

begging them to stay

some are brilliant, some are awful

some are summer fluff

some are heavy russian novels

memories of love

some are trips through fields of daisies

some are pretty rough

some of them will drive you crazy

memories of love