Lyric Souvenirs

Souvenirs
By: Vince Melamed, Danny O Keefe
1993
Someone wants a piece of you
Never let em pay
What you do not give them
Time takes anyway

Had I known what love is worth
I could have saved the tears
Might have come in handy
Like souvenirs

I didn t see her comin
Til my head turned in surprise
Thinking I must know her
But it was her thin disguise

She padded up her innocence
And tightly cinched her fears
But she saved a little room
For souvenirs

I still go to pieces
But I don t go as often
Placeless times in space
Where all the edges soften

She took me away
Where I couldn t send her
I knew that she would leave me
Something to remember

I wanted more than one
Until I found the one I wanted
Her memories are ghosts now
Though I m still pretty haunted

What we gave each other
Ain t exactly clear
Probably comes under the heading
Of souvenirs

Pieces, bits, and pieces
Add up through the years
I ve collected a small fortune
In souvenirs