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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 (2)______________ at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory, All (3)__________ in the moonlight
I can dream of the old days
Life was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Every streetlamp seems 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 (4)________ in.
When the (5)________ comes, tonight will be a memory 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 night is over
Another day is dawning...

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