Mildred Bailey Thanks for the Memory

Thanks for the memory
Of rainy afternoons, swingy Harlem tunes
Motor trips and burning lips and burning toast and prunes
How lovely it was!

Thanks for the memory
Of candlelight and wine, castles on the Rhine
The cosy chair and parties where we sang "Sweet Adeline"
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 bringdown but you never were a bore
So thank you so much.

Instrumental Interlude

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?
And thank you so much