„Memory” este un cantec din musicalul Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats (1981), cantat de catre personajul Grizabella, odata o stralucitoare pisica, acum doar un vestigiu al apusei grandori… O readucere aminte a gloriosului trecut si totodata intentia de a incepe o noua viata. Cantat intr-o varianta scurta la inceputul piesei si pe deplin la sfarsitul acesteia, cantecul este cel mai popular al piesei care s-a bucurat de o foarte buna primire de catre public si de catre critica.
Versurile, scrise de catre regizorul Cats, Trevor Nunn, este bazat pe versuri din poemele Preludii si Rapsodie intr-o noapte vantoasa ale lui TS Elliot.
Lloyd Webber, temandu-se ca melodia este prea aemanatoare cu o cunsocuta uvertura a lui Puccini, si-a intrebat tatal, care si-a dat acordul. Inainte de a fi inclusa in Cats, melodia a fost luata in consideratie pentru alte proiecte ale lui Lloyd Webber precum o balada pentru Peron si Evita, sau pentru Sunset Boulevard.
Elaine Paige, care a interpretat-o Grizabella in productia din West End a Cats, a lansat versiunea cantecului pe un single care a atins Top 10 hit in UK. Numeroase soliste au realizat cover-uri ale melodiei.
Lyrics to Memory (Cats) :
See the dew on the sunflower
And a rose that is fading
Roses whither away
Like the sunflower
I yearn to turn my face to the dawn
I am waiting for the day . . .Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moanMemory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live againEvery streetlamp
Seems to beat a fatalistic warning
Someone mutters
And the streetlamp gutters
And soon it will be morning
Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I musn’t give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin
Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning
Touch me
It’s so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me
You’ll understand what happiness is
Look
A new day has begun
Radu Zlati 
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