Letters, Songs, and Photographs

An old trunk of broken pine
Full of dreams and tender times
Golden rings in a silver case
These are things I can’t replace
Paper shades of blue and gray
Memories won’t fade away
Dusty books and epitaphs
Letters, songs, and photographs of you and me
and the way life used to be
All of these memories of you and me
A music box with a broken mirror Reflects a man in his later years Looking back on younger days Daydreaming while the music plays That ballerina spins around Listening to a crystal sound Keepsakes I forgot I had
Letters, songs, and photographs of you and me and the way life used to be
All of these memories of you and me Instrumental
Relatives in Sunday clothes Souvenirs lying in repose
Love letters in a leather bind From another place, another time Words in rhyme I sing for you Paint a picture straight and true
From the present to the past
These letters, songs and photographs
Of you and me and the way life used to be All of these memories of you and me