Souvenirs
By: vince melamed, danny o’keefe
1993
Someone wants a piece of you
Never let ’em pay
What you do not give them
Time takes anyway
Had I known what love is worth
I could have saved the tears
Might have come in handy
Like souvenirs
I didn’t see her comin’
’til my head turned in surprise
Thinking I must know her
But it was her thin disguise
She padded up her innocence
And tightly cinched her fears
But she saved a little room
For souvenirs
I still go to pieces
But I don’t go as often
Placeless times in space
Where all the edges soften
She took me away
Where I couldn’t send her
I knew that she would leave me
Something to remember
I wanted more than one
Until I found the one I wanted
Her memories are ghosts now
Though I’m still pretty haunted
What we gave each other
Ain’t exactly clear
Probably comes under the heading
Of souvenirs
Pieces, bits, and pieces
Add up through the years
I’ve collected a small fortune
In souvenirs
Souvenirs
When you're fed up shedding too many tears
And your memory seems like just so
many souvenirs
I will come to you to ease the pain
If you want me, tell me now
If I can be of any help, tell me how
Let me love you like a friend
Everything is gonna come right in the end
When you're crying like a poor little child
And you feel like you never could
be reconciled
Don't forget a word of what I'm saying - oh
If you want me, tell me now
If I can be of any help, tell me how
Let me love you like a friend
Everything is gonna come right in the end
Well, I can hold you too tight
I could never let you go
But that wouldn't be right
So, why don't you let me know (let me know)
Let me know what you want to do
Everybody's got a handful of fear
But tomorrow it may only be a souvenir
Of the way it is 'til it went away
If you want me, tell me now
If I can be of any help, tell me how
Let me love you like a friend
Everything is gonna come right in the end
Well, I can hold you too tight
I could never let you go
But that wouldn't be right
So, why don't you let me know
Let me know what you want to do
If you want me, tell me now
If I can be of any help, tell me how
Let me love you like a friend
Everything is gonna come right in the end
Souvenir
No, not another souvenir
No, no, no, no, no, souvenir
Take these arms of mine, throw them away
They're just souvenirs of some other day
Take these lips of mine, they're useless to me
They're just souvenirs of things that used to be
They're just souvenirs and who needs 'em now
They're just bits and pieces of my yesterday, anyhow
Take this old heart of mine, it's been beating too long
It's just a souvenir of something that went wrong
Take my yesterdays, the minutes, the hours
They're just souvenirs, they'll fade like the flowers
Take these eyes before I see her again
They're just souvenirs of things that might have been
They're just souvenirs and who needs 'em now
They're just bits and pieces of my yesterday, anyhow
Take this old heart of mine, it's been beating too long
It's just a souvenir of something that went wrong
All the snow has turned to water,
Christmas days have come and gone.
Broken toys and faded colours are all that's left to linger on.
I hate graveyards and old pawn shops,
For they always bring me tears.
I can't forgive the way they robbed me of my childhood souvenirs.
Memories, they can't be boughten.
They can't be won at carnivals for free.
Well it took me years to get those souvenirs,
And i don't know how they slipped away from me.
Broken hearts and dirty windows
Make life difficult to see.
That's why last night and this morning
Always look the same to me.
And I hate reading old love letters
For they always bring me tears.
I can't forget the way they robbed me,
Of my sweetheart's souvenirs.
Memories they can't be boughten,
They can't be won at carnivals for free.
Well it took me years to get those souvenirs
1) E Polaroid uss Rom:
Ich nevve nem Schild „ Information“.
Wat woss ich domohls schon ?!
Och dat`e Mißverständnis !
Hotelseif uss Shanghai,
Breefpapier uss Prag, Paris em Schnie,
en Zeidung uss Dubai,
wo mer vun rääts noh links schriev.
Zuckertütche un en Tass uss Moskau,
ne blaue Schal uss Marrakech.
Woher woor noch die Bikinifrau he,
woher ? Hey, woher ?
Refr.: Selvs Souvenirs sinn nix als Spure`m naaße Sand,
die noh un noh dä Wind verweht.
Sulang se frisch sinn – alles klar –doch irjendwann
ess et vorbei, wie`t halt su jeht.
2) Wat dä Hungk wohl mäht,
dä`n Kreta ahm Strand nevven uns schleef
un uns ahm Daach nohleef ?
Ach wat, dä`s lang ald duut, Mann !
Wat wohl Carlos en Managua mäht,
wie`t wohl Miss Lee uss Peking jeht,
ob noch „ dä Backes “ en Maputo steht,
wer weiß? Hey, wer weiß!?
Refr.: Selvs Souvenirs sinn nix als Spure`m naaße Sand,
die noh un noh dä Wind verweht.
Sulang se frisch sinn – alles klar –doch irjendwann
ess et vorbei, wie`t halt su jeht.
3) E gröön Kleid en New York,
Jet-Lag, ohne Engk Sirene,
noh ahm Central Park,
muß et jo wohl nit jrooß erwähne,
dat ich jede Augebleck noch weiß
- sujar ohne Souvenir –
och wenn du ald lang dä Name drähß
vun mir. Hey, vun mir !!
Refr.: Selvs Souvenirs sinn nix als Spure`m naaße Sand,
die noh un noh dä Wind verweht.........
Here is a poem that my lady sent down
Some morning while I was away
Wrote on the back of a leaf that she found
Somewhere around Monterey
And here is the key to a house far away
Where I used to live as a child
They tore down the building when I moved away
And left the key unreconciled
And down in the canyon, the smoke starts to rise
It rides on the wind till it reaches your eyes
When faced with the past
The strongest man cries, cries
And down in the canyon, the smoke starts to rise
It rides on the wind till it reaches your eyes
When faced with the past
The strongest man cries, cries
And here is a sunrise to set on your sill
The ghosts of the dawn moving near
They pass through your sorrow
Jump in heat
Plunge to your truth
Agree with your youth
Consider defeat
Part and part
And separate
We will
Brand new paths
In ways to soothe
Never disagree with your youth
Part of your heart
Will separate
It will
The gift of your life
All what was concealed
No skin-deep a dive
Your childhood revealed
You jump in heat
Plunge to your start
Don't underestimate
Your own point of view
Don't part your art
Or hesitate
Your will
The gift of your life
All what was concealed
No skin-deep a dive
Your childhood revealed
You peel all the layers of forever
You start the beginning of the end
Breathing is bridging the gap
Between black and light
And now you feel alive!
And now you learn to dive you know!
Breathing is bridging the gap
Here's to the twilight
Here's to the memories
These are my souvenirs
My mental pictures of everything
Here's to the late nights
Here's to the fire light
These are my souvenirs
My souvenirs
I close my eyes and go back in time
I can see you smiling, you're so alive
We were so young, we had no fear
We were so young, we had no idea that life was just happening
Life was just happening
Here's to your bright eyes
Shining like fireflies
These are my souvenirs
The memory of a lifetime
We were wide eyed with everything
Everything around us
We were enlightened by everything
Everything
So I close my eyes and go back in time
I can see you smiling, you're so alive
I close my eyes and go back in time
You were just a child then, and so was I
We were so young, we had no fear
We were so young, we had no idea
That nothing lasts forever
That nothing lasts forever
Nothing lasts, nothing lasts
You and me together
Were always now or never
Can you hear me?
Can you hear me?
I close my eyes and go back in time
I can see you smiling, you're so alive
I close my eyes and go back in time
You were wide eyed, you were wide eyed
We were so young, we had no fear
We were so young, we had just begun
A song we knew but had never sung
It burned like fire inside our lungs
And life was just happening(nothing lasts, nothing lasts forever)
And life was just happening(nothing lasts, nothing lasts forever)
I wouldn't trade it for anything
Jump in heat
Plunge to your truth
Agree with your youth
Consider defeat
Part and part
And separate
We will
Brand new paths
In ways to soothe
Never disagree with your youth
Part of your heart
Will separate
It will
The gift of your life
All what was concealed
No skin-deep a dive
Your childhood revealed
You jump in heat
Plunge to your start
Don't underestimate
You're own point of view
Don't part your art
Or hesitate
Your will
The gift of your life
All what was concealed
No skin-deep a dive
Your childhood revealed
You peel all the layers of forever
You start the beginning of the end
Breathing is bridging the gap
Between black and light
And now you feel alive!
And now you learn to dive you know!
Breathing is bridging the gap
Between black and light
[Anneke van Giersbergen]
I set out like Kerouac in my
American car
Carryin' a dream and a
road map
Deep in my American heart
But where's those mountain
majesties
Where's those waves of grain
Billboards from sea to shining sea
man it ain't the same
They got Mount Rushmore on a cup
Everybody needs one of those
For a dollar more more they'll fill it up
You can drink out of Lincoln's nose
They got the Hard Rock t-shirts,
they got Elvis,too
And sooner or later, mark my words
You know they're gonna get you
____
I've been searchin' for the promised land
But it's just another neon, come on
roadside stand
Little tin toys that fall apart
That's all they got here
I come all this way to find my heart
All I get is souvenirsBaby I believed in you,I
thought you believed in me
I thought we had a love that's
true, not a close facsimile
Now I don't want your dimestore
ring,turns my finger green
I don't want your dimestore love
I want the real thing
_(RC)
Last winter you came home
From an island of fire and stone
With fire to relight the life you lost
And stones to weigh out the heavy cost
And the damage
You put my hand to your heart
And ran right hrough your history
The souvenirs and lost luggage
The shipwrecks and the mysteries
And with your warm chest against my back
Whispered words and this growing crack
My sweet companion, you knew my name
You lit a candle and a moth came through the window
I put your hand to my heart
And ran right through my history
The souvenirs and lost luggage
The shipwrecks and the mysteries
"Your lips speak a joy
But your eyes tell a sorrow"
How dare you say that to me?
You don't know and you will never know.
I keep these moments as souvenirs
You read my story
Cover to cover
Take these arms of mine, throw them away
They're just souvenirs of some other day
Take these lips of mine, they're useless to me
They're just souvenirs of things that used to be
(Chorus)
They're just souvenirs and who needs 'em now
They're just bits and pieces of my yesterday, anyhow
Take this old heart of mine, it's been beating too long
It's just a souvenir of something that went wrong
Take my yesterdays, the minutes, the hours
They're just souvenirs, they'll fade like the flowers
Take these eyes before I see her again
They're just souvenirs of things that might have been
(Chorus)
Ol' T's just a souvenir of something that went wrong
With an envelope we'll enter buildings we might touch
I've got souvenirs but yesterday can't mean too much
Have we missed an opportunity?
Have we missed an opportunity?
Whispers, Chinese leaves a message, leaves a metaphore
For what once was gold and once was rich but now is poor
Have we missed an opportunity?
And the trees lean to lend
Deep in the corners of my mind
Are the treasures of my life
Fresh and still brand new
Times that I turned dark to light
Every bout with wrong and right
They're a part of me will never fade from view
CHORUS
Souvenirs
For the crazy things that happened through the years
The laughter and the tears
Souvenirs
My collection of the triumphs and the fears
They all are so very clear
Souvenirs
Now as a new chapter unfolds
My heart will always hold
A memory chest of gold
You with every twist and turn
The lessons I have learned
Seem to keep us young than old
Souvenirs
For the crazy things that happened through the years
The laughter and the tears
Souvenirs
My collection of the triumphs and the fears
They all are so very clear
Souvenirs
Souvenirs remind us of the times we've had
Even though some are good and some are bad
CHORUS
Souvenirs
For the crazy things that happened through the years
The laughter and the tears
Souvenirs
My collection of the triumphs and the fears
They all are so very clear
Souvenirs
CHORUS
Souvenirs
For the crazy things that happened through the years
The laughter and the tears
Souvenirs
My collection of the triumphs and the fears
They all are so very clear
we are all souveneirs
people passing through here we're all forgotten ones
as the morning calls a steady drum
we are all silhouettes of everyone
we haven't met we'll be the kings and queens
forget the sun in golden dreams
we are all happy here we don't change
as the heavens near i could be the perfect son
I could let you slip away,
just wait for rainy days,
But wouldn't that be failing us,
letting go too soon,
when everything I am still holds on to you, and
these souvenirs...keep you here
You're really somewhere down the road, I know
But I'm still stranded here, holding all these souvenirs
I could hide all somewhere, pretend I didn't care,
Fill my time with daily things, until I'm numb
But isn't all this feeling why we reach for love at all
Isn't it the reason that we hear the call...for more than all
these souvenirs...keep you here
You're really somewhere down the road, I know
You blew in like the wind does
Ahead of a summer storm
How you swept my heart up was a little frightening
But your smile, like the sun, was so warm
So caught up in each other
We never noticed the days flying by
Now I’m sitting hear watching the leaves fall
But I’m back there with you, in my mind
These memories, like seashells, brought home
Now they tell the story, remind me, of just how I felt
Walking beside you, laughing like we do, hands held
You gave me a kiss I still taste on my lips
With the salt of my tears
Like Souvenirs
That last day, we sat on a blanket
Watchin’ clouds roll across the sky
For the first time, we both were pretty quiet
All we had now to say was goodbye
Before we left, you drew a heart in the sand
And put our names inside
The tide came in, but for a moment
I was yours, and you were mine
These memories, like seashells, brought home
Now they tell the story, remind me, of just how I felt
Walking beside you, laughing like we do, hands held
You gave me a kiss I still taste on my lips
With the salt of my tears
Like Souvenirs
Are you thinking ‘bout me now
Do you sometimes wish somehow
Summer didn’t have to end
And we’d have more than
These memories, of you and me
They’ll never be a September
Oh, it hurts to remember
Walking beside you, laughing like we do, hands held
You gave me a kiss I still taste on my lips
With the salt of my tears
Like Souvenirs
I once gave pieces from a shattered heart that kept falling
until it fell apart into tokens. Souvenirs.
I bid you farewell with...
imagining they were yours.
In their place grew bombs like a pressure mine,
like a filter built into the rind.
Cause after all no one has ventured beyond,
and what's beyond belongs to only one.
He's waiting patiently inside the rind to see what he'll find.
Like a stubborn little baby boy,
at times it seems as if he's got me by the hand
pulling me along more sure than I am.
So determined, so sure what he will find.
And we're running like children.
I'm trying to keep up, don't let go.
Like children. Like children.
Our footsteps begin to draw away,
like pulling to and from ourselves as we evolve.
We warp and swell and bend. I want to recoil.
Like children.
Where'd you go? Where are you?
Endless prints in the dust.
Come back.
Stay.
Wait up and walk with me a ways.
Once I walked across the skies,
Found a dream in your eyes.
And then rain came along.
Once I slept upon the clouds,
Ignoring all my doubts.
Now I'm back where I belong
Souvenirs,
Close enough to taste your smile.
Souvenirs,
Where I'm holding you for a while.
Now the sun you blew apart
Left a rainbow in my heart
To save our promises
Now my future is the past
And I'm gonna make it last
In endless memories.
As I travel back in time
To play for keeps and make you mine
All I get is
Souvenirs,
Close enough to taste your smile.
Souvenirs,
Where I'm holding you for a while.
(Solo)
Fool I guess I was a fool
But love has got the rules
And destiny is wrong.
Souvenirs,
Close enough to taste your smile.
Souvenirs,
Where I'm holding you for a while,
Just for a while.
Yeah
All the snow has turned to water
Christmas days have come and gone
Broken toys and faded colors
Are all that's left to linger on
I hate graveyards and old oawn shops
For they always bring me tears
I can't forgive the way they robbed me
Of my childhood souvenirs
Memories, they can't be boughten
They can't be won at carnivals for free
Well it took me years to get those souvenirs
And I don't know how they slipped away from me
Broken hearts and dirty windows
Make life difficult to see
That's why last night and this morning
Always look the same to me
I hate reading old love letters
For they always bring me tears
I can't forget the way they robbed me
Of my sweetheart's souvenirs
Memories they can't be boughten
They can't be won at carnivals for free
Well it took me years to get those souvenirs
I've got my souvenirs that's one thing you can't take away
I've got all my memories of yesterday
Though you've gone and left me here to cry these tears
You can break my heart but you can't take my souvenirs
I can't forget the day we met so long ago
The first time that we kissed I knew I loved you so
All these these things're burned into my memories
The souvenirs that you can't take away from me
I've got my souvenirs...
[ guitar ]
I keep your letters and I keep your Valentines
Wonder signs of love that say you'll be mine
I still have your picture hangin' on the wall
They're my souvenirs and I'm glad I kept them all
I've got my souvenirs...
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