From the recording M-VI HI RES. (Hi quality MP-3's. Larger files, takes a little longer to download, but best possible audio quality.)
Lyrics
MEMORY LANE. All words and music by John Mollenhauer,
a.k.a. John M. ASCAP. 2004.
“Come along with me,” she said
“A little walk down Memory Lane.”
I said, “But what’s there to remember?
I mean, what, besides the pain?”
She said, “If that’s all you remember,..
Oh that really is a shame.”
“I remember what I need to,” I said
“I remember it was good and now it’s dead
I choose not to resurrect it in my head
‘Cause it would only die again.”
“Oh, is that how you see life?” she said
“What a pessimistic view.”
I said, “It’s not how I see life,…
It’s just how I see you.”
“Oh, your words, they sting,” she said,
I said, “They sting because they’re true…
And the truth is all you left me when you left
And it was painful, yes, but nonetheless a gift,..
A compass when I was abandoned and adrift
And it lead me home again.
Now Memory Lane is a long and scenic highway
And there are mountains and valleys and plains
And you are just one mile
Where I was detoured for a while
Where my greatest love became my greatest pain
Memory Lane…
“Come along with me,” she said,
“A little walk down Memory Lane.”