I Thought I Would Never Forget Lyrics - American Child - Phil Vassar

I went back in time today 

A box I thought I'd thrown away 

Had fallen off the basement shelf 

I tripped and almost hurt myself 

Scattered there across the floor 

A New Year's Eve hat from '94 

Ticket stubs to Billy Joel 

And pictures from the Sugar Bowl 

Some of these souvenirs I remember 

Mostly I don't 

It's funny how time reduces a keepsake 

To a footnote 

The where's and the whens 

That meant so much then 

Have gracefully moved along 

My memory had mercy on me and let me go on 

Considering everything you meant 

I thought I never would forget 

Here's us dancing on your birthday 

July 29th or 28th 

The song was 'Always and Forever' 

I'm not sure but I remember 

That's the night we first made love 

The passion captured both of us 

It held us then it set us free 

This is all that's left of you and me 

A cardboard treasure chest 

With a diary of two lovers 

Now it's a dusty old box 

No different from the others 

The where's and the whens 

That meant so much then 

Have gracefully moved along 

My memory had mercy on me and let me go on 

Considering everything you meant 

I thought I never would forget 

My memory had mercy on me and let me go on 

Considering everything you meant 

I thought I never would forget