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Mem'ries light the corners of my mind
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Misty water-colored mem'ries
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of the way we were
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Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
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Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were
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Can it be that it was all so simple then
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Or has time rewritten every line
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If we had the chance to do it all again,
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Tell me, would we, could we
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Mem'ries may be beautiful and yet
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What's too painful to remember
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We simply choose to forget
Em7 F7M Em7 F7M
So it's the laughter we will remember
Em7 Am7 Dm7
Whenever we remember
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The way we were
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The way we were.