Lyrics to
Only The Memory Remains

This version of Only The Memory Remains was released by Dolly Parton in 1975.

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You’re gone now for good and it looks like I could
Stop crying but I cry just the same
When a heart breaks how long does it take
Till the pain stops and only the mem’ry remains
It’s been a long time and you think that by this time
My tears would have drown on the face
I could live with a mem’ry oh but how long will it be
Till the pain stops and only the mem’ry remains
The fire that we started burns on though we parted
And our torture by the heat of the flame
If I’m strong enough to take it till the pain stops and can make it
When only the mem’ry remains
I could live with a mem’ry but how long will it be
Till the tears stop and the pain stops and only the mem’ry remains
Only the mem’ry only the mem’ry remains

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Dolly Parton has released many songs over the years besides Only The Memory Remains. Dolly Parton released songs from 1967 to 2005 spanning across albums like Hello, I'm Dolly, Just Because I'm A Woman, My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy, In The Good Old Days, As Long As I Love, The Fairest Of Them All, A Real Live Dolly, Coat Of Many Colors, The Golden Streets Of Glory, Joshua, Touch Your Woman, My Favorite Songwriter: Porter Wagoner, Bubbling Over, My Tennessee Mountain Home, Love Is Like A Butterfly, Jolene, Dolly: The Seeker / We Used To, The Bargain Store, All I Can Do, New Harvest... First Gathering, Here You Come Again, Heartbreaker, Great Balls Of Fire, 9 To 5 And Odd Jobs, Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, Heartbreak Express, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Burlap & Satin, Rhinestone, The Great Pretender, Real Love, Rainbow, White Limozeen, Home For Christmas, Eagle When She Flies, Straight Talk, Slow Dancing With The Moon, Heartsongs: Live From Home, Something Special, Treasures, Hungry Again, The Grass Is Blue, Precious Memories, Little Sparrow, Halos & Horns, For God And Country, and Those Were The Days. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Dolly Parton.

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About Lyrics and Only The Memory Remains by Dolly Parton

The lyrics for Only The Memory Remains are defined as the words making up the song released by Dolly Parton in 1975. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Only The Memory Remains have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Dolly Parton and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Only The Memory Remains by Dolly Parton if you think through it. 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 Only The Memory Remains" means the words set to the music of Only The Memory Remains, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Dolly Parton. 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 Only The Memory Remains and the lyrics to Only The Memory Remains are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Dolly Parton who came here looking just for the lyrics to Only The Memory Remains, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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