Remarks:
By far my favourite Streisand song. I love the 1973 film of the same name. I watched the film because I loved the song. Then I loved the song even more.
This line in particular rings in my head at odd moments:
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time re-written every line?
It was the best selling song in the US for 1974, going to the top of the pop chart in February. It went to #6 across the Anglosphere as a whole, except for New Zealand where it did not chart at all.
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Lyrics:
Mem’ries,
Light the corners of my mind
Misty water-colored memories
Of the way we were
Scattered pictures,
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were
Can it be that it was all so simple then?
Or has time re-written every line?
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me, would we? Could we?
Mem’ries, may be beautiful and yet
What’s too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget
So it’s the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember…
The way we were…
The way we were…
I kinda lean towards “Memory” from Cats.
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This is nice. But one of my favorite songs by her, is “Promises”. I found it on the Guilty album, when I decided to listen to the whole thing, instead of just the main hits.
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Omg i remember being forced to listen to this on the am band in the car my ears they bleed
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@ v8driver
LOL.
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@ v8driver
Much of my musical education comes from my parents or employers or the head dishwasher being in control of the radio.
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@abagond right, my dad listened to WRFM (sappy string music) or country, and my mom listened to doo-wap, i made my break as soon as i could
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Ah! The only one song that makes my mother cry.
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Thanks a lot, this has been stuck in my head all day!
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