Verse 1
Once upon this town, I met a beautiful girl
She was walking lonely to the east side of town
She had something wrong, and I was walking along
And I asked her, "Baby, what is going on?
Why this beautiful girl had tears in her eyes?
Why this beautiful girl was filled up with lies?"
Verse 2
She said, "It didn't last, but it was beautiful once
We were young and in love and we danced in the sun
We were wild and free, just you and me
We were all that we hoped and we hoped endlessly"
And I saw the light up in her eyes
And she whispered to me, and she said
Chorus
"Oh, take me, darling, down memory Lane
I'd give anything, I just know I would
To own yesterday, just one more time
To hold in my mind the good and the bad
Just like the good times we had
'Cause everything, every moment was beautiful once"
Verse 3
So we sat on the ground and we talked for an hour
Of how love can blossom like a late summer flower
But how quickly the petals can blow away
How the sunshine of May turns to skies of dark gray
There's no use in crying over what might have been
If you know what I mean, she smiled and she said
Chorus
"Oh, take me, darling, down memory Lane
I'd give anything, I just know I would
To own yesterday, just one more time
To hold in my mind the good and the bad
Just like the good times we had
'Cause everything, every moment was beautiful once"
Pre-Chorus
And it's okay to be sad 'cause a part of you died
But you'll never forget the feelings inside
You can't go back, but you can look
And if you do, just remember
Chorus
Oh, take a journey down memory Lane
It's not all the same, but it's still worth a look
To own yesterday, just one more time
To hold in your mind the good and the bad
Just like the good times you had
'Cause everything, every moment was beautiful once
Bridge
She stood up and kissed me, then started to run
And I watched her disappear into the sun
I tried to forget her the best that I could
But I know I never will, no, I never, ever would
I still think of her on those hot summer nights
And I close my eyes and I'm back to the time when I said
Chorus
"Oh, take me, darling, down memory Lane
I'd give anything, I just know I would
To own yesterday, just one more time
To hold in my mind the good and the bad
Just like the good times we had
'Cause everything, every moment was beautiful once"
Outro
She was walking lonely to the east side of town
She had something wrong, but it was beautiful once
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