Thanks For The Memory

Written by: Ralph Rainger

Written by: Leo Robin

Arranged by: Gordon Jenkins

Originally made famous by: Bob Hope

From the Film: Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)

Label: Reprise Records

Recorded: July 20, 1981

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Thanks for the memory

Of things I can't forget, journeys on a jet

Our wond'rous week in Martinique and Vegas and roulette

How lucky I was

And thanks for the memory

Of summers by the sea, dawn in Waikiki

We had a pad in London but we didn't stop for tea

How cozy it was

Now since our breakup I wake up

Alone on a gray morning-after

I long for the sound of your laughter

And then I see the laugh's on me

But, thanks for the memory

Of every touch a thrill, I've been through the mill

I've lived a lot and learned a lot, you loved me not and still

I miss you so much

Thanks for the memory

Of how we used to jog even in a fog

That barbecue in Malibu, away from all the smog

How rainy it was

Thanks for the memory

Of letters I destroyed, books that we enjoyed

Tonight the way things look, I need a book by Sigmund Freud

How brainy he was

Gone are those evenings on Broadway

Together we'd go to a great show

But now I begin with the Late Show

And wish that you were watching, too

I know it's a fallacy

That grown men never cry, baby, that's a lie

We had our bed of roses, but forgot that roses die

And thank you so much