“Thanks for the Memory” Old Tune with NEW LYRICS.
Originally written by lyricist Leo Robin (and later, Bob Hope’s “theme song”) Lifted from The Great American Songbook Volume IV)
RE-WRITTEN by Adriane Saunders (October 2007) In CAPERS Honor!
(“Thanks for the Memory!” link to Erroll Garner playing the TUNE!)
Thanks for the memory
Of community all round, organics by the pound
Laughs with staff, music and chatter, that bouyant background sound
How happy it was!
Thanks for the memory
Of sunny afternoons, the deck upstairs at noons
Friends and talk and food, birds and crows the only outdoor tunes
How happy it was!
Many’s the time we all feasted
Never’s the time we all fasted
Ah well, it was great while it lasted
Twenty-three years of fun, no harm done.
And thanks for the memory
Of sunburn creams and more, shopping never bores
Your headache can be cured, lots better here than other stores
So thank you so much.
Thanks for the memory
Of products everywhere, duct tape on the stair
Flowers and chocolate, vitamins and fish, all shown with care
How welcome it was!
Thanks for the memory
Of arty thoughtful cards, healthy magazines
Decorative Christmas boughs, carved pumpkins for Halloweens
How welcome it was!
We’ll say good-bye with a story
Yours and mine online, ever Capers fans
Though store and times now buried under corporate shifting sands
Some tears, some fuss. But, cheers for us!
So, thanks for the memory
Capers, me and you, a community, that’s true
And from the start this motto: “love and feed” us too
So glad we met here so many, many times. Three cheers!
And thank you so much!
