CATS - Memory lyrics

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At last, the time has come for Old Deuteronomy to make <br />

the Jellicle Choice and decide which one cat will be reborn <br />

into a new Jellicle life. At that moment, Grizabella reappears. <br />

Again she recalls her "Memory" of how things used to be. She <br />

pleads to her brothers and sisters, yearning to come back to <br />

them. This time, through a greater appreciation of tolerance, <br />

the cats accept her back into the tribe.<br />

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GRIZABELLA: <br />

Daylight, see the dew on the sunflower <br />

And a rose that is fading <br />

Roses wither away <br />

Like the sunflower I yearn to turn my face to the dawn <br />

I am waiting for the day <br />

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SOLO: <br />

Now Old Deuteronomy, just before dawn <br />

Through a silence you feel you could cut with a knife <br />

Announces the cat who can now be reborn <br />

And come back to a different jellicle life <br />

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GRIZABELLA: <br />

Memory, turn your face to the moonlight <br />

Let your memory lead you <br />

Open up, enter in <br />

If you find there the meaning of what happiness is <br />

Then a new life will begin <br />

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Memory, all alone in the moonlight <br />

I can smile at the old days <br />

I was beautiful then <br />

I remember the time I knew what happiness was <br />

Let the memory live again <br />

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Burnt out ends of smokey days <br />

The stale cold smell of morning <br />

The streetlamp dies, another night is over <br />

Another day is dawning <br />

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Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise <br />

I must think of a new life