Patty Griffin

What I Remember
Here's what I remember It really was that tender The day I gave my heart away The day that I surrendered Here's the thing that I recall We never had that much at all And I never knew until the fall Before I never cared at all I've started to know what they mean That everything is just a dream A string of memories and steam And disappearing days Life is a foreign land Impossible to understand Once we had the precious bird in hand And let him slip away Here's the thing I recollect The place was a little derelict You added poison to the wine I told myself that it was fine You said this is just the way things are As long as anyone remembers when I started to agree And then I started to remember Aus Songtexte Mania