[ti:Memories] [ar:Aimee Carty] [al:Memories] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Memories - Aimee Carty [00:00.07]Composed by:Aimee Carty [00:00.17]Produced by:Aimee Carty/Dave Skelton [00:00.32]She was my age and moved to england and became a nurse [00:05.18]Moving far away with her older sister on November first [00:09.48]And her mother didn't want her to go [00:11.98]But she stood her ground 'til she couldn't say no [00:14.21]Only my age she moved to England and became a nurse [00:18.23]How times have changed [00:19.70]She tells me the good old days go far too quickly [00:22.69]And although she talks with pride [00:24.79]I see the sadness in her eyes [00:26.92]And it all comes in bits and pieces [00:29.23]All the people that she misses [00:31.64]I forget you see [00:32.68]That she was young like me [00:33.83]She had fun like me [00:34.84]She has family that are gone now [00:39.15]And I guess that it just hit me [00:43.49]That even when it's full of love [00:47.72]The past is hard to carry [00:55.18]He was my age and he was young and he was free [00:59.74]It's hard to believe that my grandad was once eighteen [01:03.75]And he worked hard needless to say [01:06.24]He had to travel far and there were bills to pay [01:08.22]But he was my age with lots to learn and lots to say [01:12.15]How times have changed [01:13.66]He tells me the good old days go far too quickly [01:16.65]And although he's often quiet [01:18.85]There's a story in the silence [01:21.05]Like how he got light from candles [01:23.18]Walked to school no socks no sandals [01:25.34]I forgot you see [01:26.48]That he was young like me [01:27.61]He had fun like me [01:28.69]He has history that is gone now [01:32.95]And I guess that it just hit me [01:37.09]That even when they're full of love [01:41.60]Memories are heavy [01:48.22]Memories are heavy [01:50.36]Memories are sharp [01:52.23]They live inside our photos [01:54.61]They live inside our hearts [01:56.65]They wander 'round the town and all the places that we go [02:01.10]They live in different sounds and the faces that we know [02:05.92]I hope that when I've listened [02:08.11]To all the tales they've told [02:10.93]I've helped to carry [02:13.13]Some of the load