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Memories Start Unwinding

I'm lost in a dream, with rested head upon my elbow
I open my eyes and gaze out from an open window
there are stars in the sky that you and I used to count the whole night through
and I find that as the picture that once was comes into view
memories start unwinding and take me back to you

I'm sat in a chair and watching who knows what on tv
my wandering mind starts focussing on times behind me
hearing music play as we'd wait to pay in a supermarket queue
one of hundreds of so many simple things we used to do
memories start unwinding and take me back to you

it doesn't seem so long ago that you were here with me
but now that's changed and all I know is nothing seems the way it used to be

listening in the car to a middle bar of the 'Rhapsody in Blue'
I remember when we listened to that concert just we two
memories start unwinding and take me back to you

I suddenly might realise that you're not here with me
and all that meets my saddened eyes is emptiness and cruel reality

some things so mundane you'd think there could be no connection
just trigger a chain of thoughts that turn in your direction
faces in the moon or a stirring spoon almost anything it's true
in the mirror there's a lost reflection of someone I knew
memories start unwinding and take me back to you

memories start unwinding and take me back to you
memories start unwinding and take me back to you

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