I REMEMBER
From "Evening Primrose"
(Stephen Sondheim)

Recorded by : Roberta Alexander; Ben Black; Sarah Brightman; Betty Buckley;
Jackie Cain; Liz Callaway; Tom Fay; Margaret Harris; Jackie & Roy; Cleo Laine;
Gary LeMel; Lynne & Mike; Theresa McCarthy; Megon McDonough; Maureen McGovern;
Julia Migenes; Mark Murphy; Mandy Patinkin; Stephen Sondheim; Barbra Streisand;
Geraldine Turner; Turtle Creek Choral; Nancy Wilson; Bill Wright.


I remember sky
It was blue as ink
Or at least I think
I remember sky.

I remember snow
Soft as feathers
Sharp as thumb tacks
Coming down like lint
And it made you squint
When the wind would blow.

And ice like vinyl
On the streets
Cold as silver
White as sheets
Rain like strings
And changing things
Like leaves.

I remember leaves
Green as spearmint
Crisp as paper.
I remember trees
Bare as coat racks
Spread like broken umbrellas.

And parks and bridges,
Ponds and zoos,
Ruddy faces,
Muddy shoes,
Light and noise and
Bees and boys
And days.

I remember days,
Or at least I try.
But as years go by
They're sort of haze,
And the bluest ink
Isn't really sky
And at times I think
I would gladly die
For a day of sky.