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Memory by Barbra Streisand

Midnight not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight, the (1)________________ leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory, All alone in the moonlight
I can dream of the old days
Life was beautiful then
I (2)________________ the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Every streetlamp seems to beat
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and the street (3)________ gutters
And soon
It (4)________ be morning

Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't (5)________ in.
When the (6)________ comes, tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin

(Music interlude)

Burnt out (7)________ of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
A streetlamp dies; another night is over
Another day is dawning...

Touch me!
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun...
If you touch me, you'll understand what (8)__________________ is
Look, a new day has begun.
Answers:
(1) withered(2) remember(3) lamp(4) will(5) give(6) dawn(7) ends(8) happiness