Verse
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Of candlelight and wine, castles on the Rhine
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The Parthenon and moments on the Hudson River Line
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How lovely it was!
[Refrain 2]
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Thanks....for the memory...
[Verse 2]
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Of rainy afternoons, swingy Harlem tunes
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And motor trips and burning lips and burning toast and prunes
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How lovely it was!
[Bridge]
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Many's the time that we feasted
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And many's the time that we fasted
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Oh, well, it was swell while it lasted
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We did have fun and no harm done.
[Refrain 3]
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And thanks....for the memory...
[Verse 3]
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Of sunburns at the shore, nights in Singapore
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You might have been a headache but you never were a bore
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So thank you so much.
[Refrain 4]
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Thanks....for the memory...
[Verse 4]
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Of sentimental verse, nothing in my purse
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And chuckles when the preacher said "For better or for worse"
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How lovely it was
[Refrain 5]
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Thanks....for the memory...
[Verse 5]
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Of lingerie with lace, Pilsner by the case
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And how I jumped the day you trumped my one-and-only ace
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How lovely that was!
[Bridge]
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We said goodbye with a highball
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Then I got as "high" as a steeple (Did you?)
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But we were intelligent people
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No tears, no fuss, Hooray! For us!
[Refrain 6]
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Thanks....for the memory...
[Verse 6]
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And strictly entre-nous, darling how are you?
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And how are all the little dreams that never did come true?
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Aw'flly glad I met you, cheerio, and toodle-oo
[Outro]
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And thank you so much.