I went back in time today a box I thought   I'd thrown away   Had fallen off the basement shelf,   I tripped and almost hurt myself   Scattered there across the floor   A New Year's Eve hat from '94   Ticket stubs to Billy Joel and pictures   From the Sugar Bowl   Some of these souvenirs I remember   Mostly I don't   It's funny how time reduces a keepsake   To a footnote      The wheres and the whens that meant   So much then   Have gracefully moved along   My memory had mercy on me and let me go on   Considering everything you meant I thought   I never would forget      Here's us dancing on your birthday   July 29th or 28th   The song was "Always and Forever,"   I'm not sure but I remember   That's the night we first made love   The passion captured both of us   It held us, then it set us free,   This is all that's left of you and me   A cardboard treasure chest with a diary   Of two lovers   Now it's a dusty old box no different   From the others      The wheres and the whens that meant   So much then   Have gracefully moved along   My memory had mercy on me and let me go on   Considering everything you meant I thought   I never would forget      My memory had mercy on me and let me go on   Considering everything you meant I thought   I never would forget