Bear's Den – Selective Memories (Guitar)

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Last night Beth asked how you’re getting on

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I said you’re doing good, but some of you

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has left and some of you is still here

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I said it first just as a joke,

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but beneath all of the mirrors and smoke

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sometimes I think your memory is selective

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It just seems beyond convenient

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which parts are disappearing when

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the times you can’t remember I can’t forget

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Maybe that’s a kindness though,

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a beauty in the ‘growing old’;

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that for some, our own memories forgive us

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Well it’s all that I could wish for you

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It’s all that I could ever wish for you

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Let those memories just fade away

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I reminded you just yesterday

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that I had a daughter on the way

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and your eyes lit up and for a moment

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the clouds were lifted

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And I hope that when you meet her too

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it’s one of those days that stays with you

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I hope she meets the person

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that I once knew

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As she gets older, yeah I’m sure,

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she’ll ask about you more and more

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and I’ll tell her you were my best friend

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and I will let some of my memories slip away

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It’s all that I could wish for you

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It’s all that I could ever wish for you

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It’s all that I could wish for you

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It’s all that I could ever wish for you

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that I could ever wish for you

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that I could ever wish for you

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Let those memories just fade away