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滄桑老貓 Grizabella sings "Memory"

Elaine Paige在劇中釋演一名生命快要到盡頭的老貓。在劇中, 她是孤獨的, 因為她總是被其他貓討棄。在臨別時, 她哀傷地唱下了這首歌, 把整齣舞台劇帶至最高潮。其他貓貓最後放下對她的偏見, 並與她一起行過最後的那段生命之路。是一齣非常令人感動的一幕, 再加上Elaine Paige的全情演譯, 繫動了所有觀眾的情緒, 可見她的成就得來來並非偶然!

Memory

Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamp light the withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

Memory
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 again

Every street lamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning
Somone mutters and a street lamp gutters and soon it will be morning

Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin
(Music interlude)
Burnt out ends of smoky days, the stale cold smell of morning
The street lamp 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