Memory Lane - Steve Tilston

I thought I saw a shadow

Of a former self

Kicking over statues

From a dusty shelf

I’ve tried to find the pieces

To put ‘em back again

I scour the outer reaches

Down on memory lane

It’s in and out of focus

The picture’s seldom clear

Facts & figures choke us

Cut the atmosphere

Yesterday was sunshine

They say tomorrow’s rain

I’ll see you on the sideline

Down on memory lane

The temple bell tolls and beckons us back

Like sheep we cleave to familiar tracks

The past tense demands we turn again

Rebuild the bridges we burned back when

All was split asunder, fire and thunder, all was turmoil and confusion,

such confusion

Away back then

In a fancy I looked to find you

Where the best recollections belong

An imprint of youth way behind you

A small clue in the folds of a song

Memory lane — the past tense beckons me again

Memory lane — I’ll come running back again

Memory lane — So I hurry back again

Memory lane — and I scurry back again

And the word from a mutual acquaintance

You’d slipped these earthly chains

If I look I know I will find you

Somewhere on memory lane

There’s places I have languished

Stairways I have known

Basements I have cherished

Dared to call a home

Where daylight seldom ventured

Through a window pane

Won’t you meet me around midnight

Down on memory lane?

My memory sometimes falters

My footfall not as sure

Where was that window?

Where was that door?

There used to be a way here

But I search in vain

I’m going round in circles

Down on memory lane