Memory

Lyrics

[Verse 1] And the blackberry still has its thorns And the blackberry still leaves its stains A dress damp and torn on the forest floor Where nary a trace still remains And the blackberry may have no memory of you But I do [Verse 2] And the wild apple still has its thorns And the wild apple still has its blooms But the flower that shows doth not smell like a rose And no one can eat of its fruit For the wild apple may have no memory of you But I do [Bridge] I viewed this garden from a distance Especially in the flower of spring Not knowing of nature's insistence Not knowing the honey for its sting [Verse 3] And the rose is a barrier of thorns After the petals have drooped And the staggering years with their own barren fears And the rose hips double-edged truth For these roses may have no memory of you But I do [Bridge] I followed your trail in dream time Though the footprints were long filled with sand I swore not to walk on that shore any more Too much wreckage awash on that strand [Verse 4] But that's me all alone on the shore With the flowers instead of a sword Tempting the fates and the same hurricane To strike twice where memory is stored For the storm may have no memory of you But I do I do