Memories

Am (4x) Am G I'm a very tired old and worn out man Am G and my eyes have long been blind F C most things that people say to me G just seem to slip my mind Am G Oh but the suffering and painful times Am G that were in years long gone F C Are still as clear upon my memory G as the numbers on my arm Am G What will become of all the memories Am G are they to scatter with the dust in the breeze F C And who will stand before the world F C knowing what to say F G when the very last survivor fades away Am G When I hold my grandson close to me Am G and his fingers trace the pattern of my tears F C He asks me Zeide tell me why do you cry G what is it that you fear Am G Oh and I tell him there once was another child Am G who smelled this sweet and felt this warm F C But he was taken from before my eyes G and only I remained to mourn Am G What will become of all the memories Am G are they to scatter with the dust in the breeze F C And who will stand before the world F C that now wishes to deny F How will they believe in someone G who never heard the cry Am G There's little I can say or do to make things change Am G time has a way of passing by so fast F C Like a fleeting shadow no one will recall G the faces of the past original religious final chorus Am G What will become of all the memories Am G are they to scatter with the dust in the breeze F C Yet one thought gives me comfort F C its all that I have left Am G For I know that G-d in Heaven wont forget non religious final chorus Am G What will become of all the memories Am G are they to scatter with the dust in the breeze F C And who will stand before the world F C knowing what to say F G when the very last survivor fades away