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Artist: The Smithereens
Canonical path: /the-smithereens/only-a-memory
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Only a Memory
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Only a Memory
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My mind is filled with thoughts of you
I think about the days of two
I search the room but you're not there
Your perfume lingers everywhere, but it's
Only a memory
Of what our love was going to be
Only a memory
Broken bits of you and me
Only a memory, only a memory
In a world of pain, I have no peer
You fade away and disappear
And now I have to learn the game
Where no one wins or takes the blame, but it's
Only a memory
Of what our love was going to be
Only a memory
Now, that we are history
Only a memory, only a memory
But it's only a memory
Of what our love was going to be
Only a memory
Broken bits of you and me
Only a memory, only a memory
Why should it matter if I cry?
I sit around and wonder why?
Now, I feel much too weak to live
And I've got nothing left to give, now it's
Only a memory
Of what our love was going to be
Only a memory
Broken bits of you and me
Only a memory, only a memory
Only a memory, only a memory
Only a memory, only a memory
Only a memory, only a memory
Only a memory, only a memory
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