Thanks For The Memory

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