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Forget Me Not

by Dan Murray

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A song about my Great Uncle Allan, who passed some years ago after a battle with Alzheimer's.

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I was younger when we met
You were nothing but smiles and the gentlest breath
A rosy-cheeked music man
Rhythm smith soul
A love for all others could swallow you whole

In my early days of song
A call to my mother told us something was wrong
At the peak of your storybook
Men in white coats
Said you'd soon not remember the lifetime you wrote

Is tomorrow anything without yesterday?
Can the flowers bloom if they don't recall the drink?
Is tomorrow anything without yesterday?
I'm afraid to go to sleep but I'm too tired to think

They say we'd have been friends
Had the loss of your beginning not unwritten your end
Both gifted musically
Both sharp of tongue
Now both without knowledge of where you were from

So there's no one to blame
Though I spit bloody curses on Alzheimer's name
I hate that I'll never know your laughter and songs
I hate that you'll never see the man I've become

Is tomorrow anything without yesterday?
Can the flowers bloom if they don't recall the drink?
Is tomorrow anything without yesterday?
I'm afraid to go to sleep but I'm too tired to think

It scares me half to death
'cause if I lost my mind, I'd have nothing else left
My anger is boiling but all I can see
is the selfish reflection who says it's all about me

Is tomorrow anything without yesterday?
Can the flowers bloom if they don't recall the drink?
Is tomorrow anything without yesterday?
I'm afraid to go to sleep
I'm afraid to go to sleep
Is tomorrow anything without yesterday?
Can the flowers bloom if they don't recall the drink?
Is tomorrow anything without yesterday?
I'm afraid to go to sleep but I'm too tired to think

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released October 28, 2015
Written, composed, recorded and mastered by Dan Murray

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Dan Murray Burlington, Ontario

Dan Murray is a singer-songwriter and spoken word poet hailing from Burlington, Ontario.

He has released one book of poetry entitled "More Human than You, Man" and is currently working on his first album - Midnight in Nervous City.

(Album artwork by Chris Nagy. Header photograph by Sven Frenzel.)
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