Lyrics to
Memories

This version of Memories was released by The Temptations in 1975.

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wish that i could wind
like a spiral spare through time
to your body next to mine
warm and satisfied
wish that i could catch
a night train to the past
climb aboard and hear you ask
darling come inside

memories, memories
sweet, sweet memories
of days gone by
that make me cry
memories, memories, memories
sweet memories
that make me sad
they take me back
to you
(memories, memories
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba)

watching falling stars
on the grass by my own car
making love there in the dark
thinking we’re alone
old man shined his light
trying not to act suprised
he left hard and all uptight
told us to get on home

memories, memories
sweet sweet memories
of love we shared
of love we shared
memories memories
sweet memories
of love we shared
we will never
share them again
(memories memories
ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
ba ba ba ba ba ba ba)

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Memories, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by The Temptations. Some of the lyrics to Memories have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Temptations and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Memories if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Memories" means the words set to the music of Memories, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Temptations. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Memories and the lyrics to Memories are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Temptations who came here looking just for the lyrics to Memories, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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