CATS - Memory Lyrics
At last, the time has come for Old Deuteronomy to makethe Jellicle Choice and decide which one cat will be reborninto a new Jellicle life. At that moment, Grizabella reappears.Again she recalls her "Memory" of how things used to be. Shepleads to her brothers and sisters, yearning to come back tothem. This time, through a greater appreciation of tolerance,the cats accept her back into the tribe.GRIZABELLA:Daylight, see the dew on the sunflowerAnd a rose that is fadingRoses wither awayLike the sunflower I yearn to turn my face to the dawnI am waiting for the daySOLO:Now Old Deuteronomy, just before dawnThrough a silence you feel you could cut with a knifeAnnounces the cat who can now be rebornAnd come back to a different jellicle lifeGRIZABELLA:Memory, turn your face to the moonlightLet your memory lead youOpen up, enter inIf you find there the meaning of what happiness isThen a new life will beginMemory, all alone in the moonlightI can smile at the old daysI was beautiful thenI remember the time I knew what happiness wasLet the memory live againBurnt out ends of smokey daysThe stale cold smell of morningThe streetlamp dies, another night is overAnother day is dawningDaylight, I must wait for the sunriseI must think of a new life
