Thanks For The Memory

Thanks for the memory

Of candlelight and wine, castles on the Rhine

The Parthenon and moments on the Hudson River Line

How lovely it was!

Thanks for reminding me

Of rainy afternoons, swingy Harlem tunes

And motor trips and burning lips and burning toast and prunes

How lovely it was!

Many's the time that we feasted

And many's the time that we fasted

Oh, well, it was swell while it lasted

We did have fun and no harm done

So thanks for the memory

Of sunburns at the shore, nights in Singapore

You may have been a headache but you never were a bore

So thank you so much.

Thanks for the memory

Of midnights in Monmartre, galleries of art.

We traveled with the smart set, so I guess that we were smart

I thank you so much

We who could laugh over big things

Were parted by only a slight thing.

Now I wonder if we did the right thing,

No doubt we did, of course we did

So, thanks for the memory

And strictly entre-nous, darling how are you?

And how are all the little dreams that never did come true?

Awfully glad I met you, cheerio, and toodle-oo

And thank you so much