Number Nine

Written by: 
J. Martyn
9 Sep 1991

Number nine...
I wish, I wish I could remember.
I wish, that I may remember your name.
Oh the sweetening, all the motels.
The cheap nights, sweet rites,
Llovely moment.

The moon and the river is telling the truth.
That moon, that river.

I wish I could remember, I could remember.
I wish I could remember your name;
I wish I could remember.

Oh Lord, the power of the word.
One name! The power of the word,
Schoolgirl days, and the school girl haze.

Every day I played with the girl next door;
Every other day she'd come and play with me.
You can play in my apple tree,
You can squeeze my lemon.
You can play in my apple tree,
You can come around my yard anytime.

I wish I could remember;
I wish I could remember.
I wish - I could remember,
I wish I could remember your name.

All the time and paper flying by.
All those years, the postage stamps,
Just to tell you I'm alive.

I wish I could remember; I wish I could remember your name.
I wish I could remember - you know I do.

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