Lyrics

Don’t Forget to Remember
Lyrics: Edward Renn; Music: Frank Bolkus

Golden yesterdays are lifelong friends.
They accumulate like dividends.
Each a flower in our life's bouquet,
Welcome company along the way.

Treasured memories are priceless things,
Present in the past where pleasure clings.
Gently well-preserved and neatly filed.
Fond remembrances that coax a smile.

Oh, life is like a calendar, overflowing with events.
Each day is a precious thing meant to be well spent.
Oh, life is like a calendar, January through December.
It’s true, time flies, so please be wise, and don’t forget to remember.

What has passed will never pass away,
History surrounds us every day.
Mem’ries multiply like living things.
They can weigh us down or give us wings.

Future memories remain concealed,
Unknown recollections unrevealed,
Bringing wonderment and mystery,
Like those unwrapped gifts beneath the tree.

Oh, life is like a calendar, overflowing with events.
Each day is a precious thing meant to be well spent.
Oh, life is like a calendar, January through December.
It’s true, time flies, so please be wise, and don’t forget to remember.

Though there are three hundred sixty-five,
Each day’s special, precious, and alive.
Past, or present, or the ones upstream,
Each day is a gift; each life’s a dream.

Oh, life is like a calendar, overflowing with events.
Each day is a precious thing meant to be well spent.
Oh, life is like a calendar, January through December.
It’s true, time flies, so please be wise, and don’t forget to remember.

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