Memory  Is My Lover Now
 
 
Memory is my lover now
beside within she lies
the spirit of my dreams
loving in her eyes
 
Oh to be in love again
now that Spring is free
passion waning to desire
as river to the sea
 
She takes me on a journey 
I see but cannot feel
regret tempers joy
was this ever real
 
If I had my time again
it would not be mine
memory seduces me
painful but benign

Loving memory calls to me
a siren voice of yesterday
hanging on to used to be
while present passion ebbs away
 
But does this have to be
cannot good days wait ahead
the thrill of life abides
the spirit is not dead
 
It is desire not love
makes the world go round
but love gives it meaning
and its bewitching sound
 
So come to me my lover
with pain and some regret
we still have life to live
you ain't seen nothing yet.