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Only a Memory Lyrics by The Smithereens

Green Thoughts

1988

My mind is filled with thoughts of you
I think about the days of two
I search the room, but you're not there
Your perfume lingers everywhere
But it's

Only a memory
Of what our love was going to be
Only a memory
Broken bits of you and me
Only a memory
Only a memory

In a world of pain, I have no peer
You fade away and disappear
And now I have to learn the game
Where no one wins or takes the blame
But it's

Only a memory
Of what our love was going to be
Only a memory
Now that we are history
Only a memory
Only a memory

But it's
Only a memory
Of what our love was going to be
Only a memory
Broken bits of you and me
Only a memory
Only a memory

Why should it matter if I cry?
I sit around and wonder why
Now I feel much too weak to live
And I've got nothing left to give
Now it's

Only a memory
Of what our love was going to be
Only a memory
Broken bits of you and me
Only a memory
Only a memory

Only a memory (Only a memory)
Only a memory (Only a memory)
Only a memory (Only a memory)
Only a memory (Only a memory)
Only a memory (Only a memory)
Only a memory (Only a memory)
Only a memory (Only a memory)
Only a memory (Only a memory)

A memory, memory
Memory, memory
Memory, memory
Memory, memory

About “Only a Memory” by The Smithereens

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"Only a Memory" appears on "Green Thoughts" in 1988.

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