My Memories Need You

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My Memories Need YouSince you moved back to your mama’s doublewide in PlanoMy dreams’ve died in our double bedCos I’m crashin’ on the sofa drinkin’ still house DrainoWrapped in the icy arms of regretThe past is all I think about, until I’ve fin’lly past outI was Luke Perry wild and just sproutin’ whiskersAnd out of all your scripture spoutin’ sistersYou were the boldestParkin’ ‘neath the stars by the old planetariumHidin’ a pint from your mama in your aquariumSorry about your goldfishSo now wherever you go, where your life may lead youHoney I want you to know, my mem’ries need youSet a bowl of Alpo on the floor for our old poodleIt’s been a day or two since he ateWhen I microwaved a chimi and some Ramen noodlesThat mutt and me thought about a tradeThen sundown silhouettes, played scenes you and I hadn’t lived yetSittin’ in the attic sorting through our old keepsakesBaby clothes and stuffed toys from raffles n sweepstakesTrophies and concertinasLove we could’ve lived now seems like such a lossAll I can do is hope forgiveness can somehow crossThe lonely distance between usBut now wherever you go, where your life may lead youLady I want you to know, my mem’ries need youYeah, sittin’ in the attic sorting through our old keepsakesBaby clothes and stuffed toys from raffles n sweepstakesTrophies and concertinasLove we should’ve lived is now all I recallHow long will my haunted whispers echo off the wallTime slowly built between usBut now wherever you go, where your life may lead youLady I want you to know, my mem’ries need you©2007 Robert George