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You Ain't No Dancer

Bipolar Rock and Roll

#30 - I DON'T REMEMBER - PETER GABRIEL

Lyrics

APOV
I got no means to show identification
I got no papers show you what I am
You'll have to take me just the way that you find me
What's gone is gone and I do not give a damn
Empty stomach, empty head
I got empty heart and empty bed
I don't remember
I don't remember

I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything at all
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything
-anything at all

Strange is your language and I have no decoder
Why don't you make your inentions clear
With eyes to the sun and your mouth to the soda
Saying, "Tell me the truth, you got nothing to fear
Stop staring at me like a bird of prey
I'm all mixed up, I got nothing to say
I don't remember
I don't remember

I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything at all
I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything
Anything at all

I don't remember, I don't recall
I got no memory of anything at all
I don't remember, I don't recall
i got no memory of anything
absolutely anything at all
I don't remember


You better stop, look around
Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes
Here comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown
Oh, who's to blame, that girl's just insane
Well, nothing I do don't seem to work
It only seems to make the matters worse. Oh, please 


You were still in school when you had that fool who really messed your mind
And after that you turned your back on treating people kind
On our first trip I tried so hard to rearrange your mind
But after awhile I realized you were disarranging mine      


                                                                       

The Balance

This dress? I wore it to your sister's wedding. Don't you remember?
No, I don't remember.
Here's a picture of you in that rainstorm in St. Thomas. Wasn't that fun?
I guess. I don't remember.
You know Joe, he was in Economics 301 with you. He died.
Who? I don't remember him. What did he died from?
Here's a Christmas card list from your company from ten years ago.
Who are these people? A couple I recall, but not all. I think I should though.
How did that hole get in that wall? I did it? When?
Are you sure? I don't remember that.
How come you're so good at Jeopardy but can't remember other things?
I learned them when I was a different person. Before the darkness arrived.
I learned them when I was manic high, sucking up information like a hog.
Do you remember the first time we met?
Dangerous ground, but I have to say no.
Do you remember the first time we kissed?
Yes, the light was just arriving.
Do you know who I am?
Yes, I do. My  Balance.