Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Sight for Sound: "I Remember"


third in a series of illustrated song lyrics ]

 words by molly drake (mother of nick drake)


We tramped the open moorland in the rainy April weather,
And came upon the little inn that we had found together,
The Landlord gave us toast and tea and stopped to share a joke.
And I remember firelight, I remember firelight,
I remember firelight, ... and you remember smoke.


We ran about the meadow grass with all the hairbells bending,
And shaking in the summer wind, a summer never-ending,
We wandered to the little stream, among the river flats.
And I remember willow trees, I remember willow trees,
I remember willow trees, ... and you remember gnats.


We strolled the Spanish marketplace at ninety in the shade,
With all the fruit and vegetables so temptingly arrayed,
And we can share a memory, as every lover must.
And I remember oranges, I remember oranges,
I remember oranges, ... and you remember dust.


The autumn leaves are tumbling down and winter’s almost here,
But through the spring and summertime we laughed away the year,
And now we can be grateful for the gift of memory.
For I remember having fun, two happy hearts that beat as one,
When I had thought that we were “we”, ... but we were “you” and “me”.