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Memory by Barbra Streisand

Midnight not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight, the (1)________________ leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory, All alone in the moonlight
I can (2)__________ of the old days
Life was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Every streetlamp (3)__________ to beat
A fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and the street lamp gutters
And soon
It will be morning

Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in.
When the dawn comes, (4)______________ will be a (5)____________ too
And a new day will begin

(Music interlude)

Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
A streetlamp dies; another (6)__________ is over
Another day is dawning...

Touch me!
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my (7)________ in the sun...
If you (8)__________ me, you'll understand what (9)__________________ is
Look, a new day has begun.
Answers:
(1) withered(2) dream(3) seems(4) tonight(5) memory(6) night(7) days(8) touch(9) happiness