[Chorus]
All I can be is a sweet memory
That drifts through your mind time from time
I can never be more than a knock on your door
Just a shadow that's gone with the sunshine
For you know I'm not free and I never can be
And you're bound to get restless in time
All I can be is a sweet memory
That drifts through your mind

[Verse]
Tonight I'll share the silence while lying here with you
Sands of time have trickled down to just a precious few
You're young and so beautiful and I'm so glad I'm here
But the ending is painfully clear

[Chorus]
All I can be is a sweet memory
Of someone you had to leave behind
Who loves you and needs you but never could give you
A ring for your finger so fine
So tonight we'll just borrow each other, tomorrow
We'll find we've run out of time
All I can be is a sweet memory
That drifts through your mind

[Refrain]
For you know I'm not free and I never can be
And you're bound to get restless in time
All I can be is a sweet memory
That drifts through your mind
All I can be is a sweet memory
That drifts through your mind