reminisce

Dexys Midnight Runners

Yeah, I thought I d reminisce once more

The other day I heard a record on the radio
that sweet record
The Wedding Bell Blues . It brought me back to the summer
I started to think about the summer of 1969
It s funny how you remember the summers by the records
and two records stood out for me that year
there was The Wedding Bell Blues
and Leaving On A Jet Plane

We used to walk on those hot nights to a pub
just off Oxford Street, called The Grapes
We were both 16, they were sweet, warm nights
and it s a fond memory now. We decided
we should adopt a song, a song that was current
She wanted I ll Say Forever, My Love by Jimmy Ruffin
I wanted it to be Lola by The Kinks
We seemed to hear those two records everywhere we went
The two I mentioned previously were predominant songs
on the radio at that time, I d hear them in the mornings
when I was having my breakfast
getting ready to go to work
Well, she won. It was never really acknowledged
but I ll Say Forever became the song

I ll say forever my love

Some nights I d walk her home along the Edgware Road
experiencing for the first time this warm friendship
and not wanting to be anywhere else
It didn t last, and it happened
that my feelings changed before her s
but I ll always remember those days

I ll say forever my love. I ll say forever my love
Woah-oh-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh
I ll say forever my love. I ll say forever my love
You were asking me... I care, Baby. (Anyway...)