(Verse 1) There’s a crackle in the corner of the room tonight Where the needle finds a memory worn thin Every spin brings back your soft goodbye Like a song that don’t know how to end (Verse 2) Your perfume lingers in the velvet air Mixed with smoke and yesterday’s regret I still see you swayin’ in that broken chair To a tune I ain’t forgotten yet (Chorus) Oh, when the gramophone cries low Plays the love we used to know Every note’s a tear in time Every word, a silent rhyme In that old familiar tone I’m never really alone (Verse 3) The band plays soft in a distant haze Trumpets hum like a lover’s sigh We were young in those golden days Didn’t know how fast they’d fly (Bridge) If I could drop another dime I’d buy back just a little time Hear you laugh, feel you near Before the music disappeared (Chorus) Oh, when the gramophone cries slow Turns the past into a glow Every scratch, a ghost we knew Every line still sings of you In that worn-out, trembling tone My heart calls you back home (Outro) Now the record fades to gray But your echo wants to stay And though the world has moved along You’re still living… in that song…*
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