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Memory Lane

from PROGRESS by Adam Murphy

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I'll take a trip down Memory Lane
Whistle and sing all on my merry way
Looking forward to going backwards to when
Everything was simple so it should have remained

Times were tough but we didn't complain
Kept a stiff upper lip and stuck to our praying
Now they have it too easy not enough grief or pain
With war disease and famine all on the wane

I took a trip down Memory Lane
Laughing and singing on my merry old way
I looked forward to going backwards to when
Everything was simple and no-one was strange

But something was different – it wasn't the same
As the idle idyll I'd idealised in my brain
A nation once again of homogeneous friends
Didn't seem to be there. When was that again?

I took a trip down Memory Lane
Whistling and singing all those same old songs
Looking forward to going back again
To rosy sunny summers in the garden of even

But I got a shock with the stink and the muck
Twelve hour dour days of dangerous work
Paradise lost where? Pastoral bliss when?
Some things are missed but to most — good riddance

I took a trip down Memory Lane
To a time when everyone knew their place
Looking forward to going backwards to when
Choking mental chains meant no brain strain

Most of the few free to think for themselves
Only ever did think about themselves
But some could see a better way to move the load
And smoothed the road for everyone else

I took a trip down Memory Lane
To when we didn't have much but resisted change
But when I got back to Memory Lane
Nothing was as easy as the picture in my brain

I tripped down Memory Lane
Fascinating feeling but I'm glad I'm not staying
I awoke from Memory Lane
Cured of my nostalgia for our old pain

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from PROGRESS, released October 12, 2020

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Adam Murphy Ireland

Adam Murphy was born and raised in Cork, Ireland, but is a long-time Galway resident after periods living and working in Europe, USA, and UK.
‘Progress’ is his ninth album of original material. Each collection has a discrete flavour and is a set of thematically linked pieces. His work has been aired regularly on RTE and other radio stations in Ireland and abroad, most recently in the Far East.
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