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Thread #39727   Message #564373
Posted By: Genie
03-Oct-01
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Add: The Memory Song
Subject: ADD: The Memory Song

In response to a request thread, I am posting The Memory Song. I learned this song from Mo Mack in Portland, who got it from Chuck Pyle. It is a sort of talking blues -- a simple C-F-G(7) progression.

THE MEMORY SONG
(Steve Walters)

[I'm] looking for my wallet and my car keys--
Well, they can't have gone too far,
And as soon as I find my glasses
I'm sure I'll see just where they are.

[I'm] 's'posed to meet someone for lunch today
I just can't remember where
Or who it is that I am meeting ...
It's in my organiser somewhere.

I think I left it on the counter
Or maybe outside in the car. ...
Last time I remember driving
Was to that memory enhancement seminar.

What's that far off distant ringing
In that strangely familiar tone?
Must be the person I am meeting
Calling on my brand new cordless phone

I think I left it under the covers
Or maybe outside on the lawn
I've got just one more ring to go
Before my phone machine turns on

"Click"

[spoken]
"Hi, this is Steve and your call means a lot to me.
Please leave a message
and I will try to remember to call you back when I get home."

"Beeeeeeeeeep"
[Tearfully spoken]
"Steve, this is Bambi,
and I am trying not to cry,
but I've been waiting for over an hour!
I thought you loved me! This is goodbye!

[Play a bar or two without singing, then:]
The voice it sounds familiar...
and the name, it rings a bell ...
Now let's see, -- where was I?
[Play a bar or two without singing, then:]
Oh, well....

[Brief instrumental break]
I'm looking for my wallet and my car keys--
Well, they can't have gone too far,
And as soon as I find my glasses
I'm sure I'm ...
[Finish instrumentally]

^^