Memories In A Drawer

9 weeks ago by @jerrypettit

Liner Notes

I seem to have two predominant "genres" of song--songs about "breakups" (because "Heartbreak Is My Brand ™") and songs reflecting on the past (because "I Am Getting Old" ™ ). This song, obviously, is of the latter persuasion and...I hope you enjoy it.

Lyrics

MEMORIES IN A DRAWER

Words & Music
By
Jerry Pettit
Facebook.com/JerryPettitMusic

In the corner of a room
that has seen all the years,
Is a drawer, it's a treasury
of smiles and of tears.
A flicker of the past,
full of photographs and lace,
Each a silent witness
to a forgotten face.

There’s a letter, now so yellowed,
edges frayed and worn,
Words of love, words of promise,
and now so forlorn.
And beneath, I can see now
a ribbon from her hair,
Fragments of a time
when she was still there.

CHORUS:
MEMORIES IN A DRAWER, tucked away from sight,
Holding the echoes of the days turned into night.
Whispers of the past, calling soft and clear,
In the quiet of the night, you can still hear.

A ticket stub from
a movie we once saw,
Laughter in the dark,
sharing soda with two straws.
A photograph of
her smile caught in time,
A moment that we captured,
on a mountain we once climbed.

These mementos, bittersweet,
are a map of where I've been,
The story of my life,
helps me remember now and then.
A journey through my heart
and the places it has gone,
Memories in a drawer,
sometimes I go through it 'til dawn.

So I'll close this drawer,
but never close my heart,
For in these memories,
she will always be a part.
Therein memories of our love,
of our loss, and of our grace,
In the quiet of the drawer,
she will always have a place.

CHORUS:
MEMORIES IN A DRAWER, tucked away from sight,
Holding the echoes of the days turned into night.
Whispers of the past, calling soft and clear,
In the quiet of the night, you can still hear.

© 2024, Jerry Pettit

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