CHAINED TO A MEMORY
(Kay Rogers / Richard Ahlert)

Betty Everett - 1964
Pat Carroll - 1965
Samantha Jones - 1965
Les Surfs - 1965 (French title "Ton Souvenir")
The Everly Brothers - 1966
Dusty Springfield - 1967
Synthia Schloss - 1980



Why am I chained to a memory
Why does the thought of you still torture me
When will I find someone to set me free
So I won't be chained to a memory

Why am I chained to the hurt I knew
Each day you thought of something cruel to do
Where in this world will I escape from you
So I won't be chained to a memory

Your letters, threw them in the fire
Your picture, out the window
All that I could find that reminded me of you
I threw them all away

But I get up in the morning and I'm pacing the floor
Like I'm expecting you to walk  through the door
I keep forgetting I won't see you anymore
Guess I'm doomed to be chained to a memory


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2017)