Pete's Songs in a Bottle 

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I Cannot Forget

I apply myself, trying to take control, trying to wipe things from my mind
to release this burden of memories, and to leave them far behind
but the echoes keep returning like a looping tape-cassette
what am I to do ? when it comes to you, I cannot forget

I determinedly try to set directions, but they lead me who knows where
when I try to look to the future, all I see is you're not there
and a sun that's stopped in heaven without movement does not set
what am I to do ? when it comes to you, I cannot forget

with every day that's lonelier and longer
and every hour the memories grow ever stronger

in vain I search for strength and reassurance
to quell the hurt of memories beyond endurance

I delude myself that something will change, such that I conceive a lie
where I'm holding you in the present and you never said goodbye
but that dream is rudely broken when I wake up to regret
what am I to do ? what am I to do ?
when it comes to loving you, I can't forget

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