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Sad Memory

Buffalo Springfield
Track 53 on Buffalo Springfield (Box Set)  

Producer

Richie Furay
Oct. 30, 19671 viewer

Sad Memory Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Soft winds blow in the summertime
Young lovers feel so free
Walking hand in hand down a shady lane
What happened to me?
What happened to me?

[Verse 2]
Did you ever love a girl
Who walked right out on you?
You should know just how I feel then
Why I'm so blue
Why I'm so blue

[Verse 3]
How can I forget those nights
When she'd kiss me soft and true?
And whisper words only lovers know
"I love you"
"I love you"

[Verse 4]
Well, I've made up my mind, I'll find a new girl
Who'll love me tenderly
Forget the past I left behind now
To sad memory
To sad memory
[Outro]
Soft winds blow in the summertime

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Buffalo Springfield (Box Set) (2001)
  1. 1.
    There Goes My Babe (Demo)
  2. 2.
    Come On (Demo)
  3. 3.
    Hello, I’ve Returned (Demo)
  4. 4.
    Out of My Mind (Demo)
  5. 5.
    Flying on the Ground Is Wrong (Mono) [Demo]
  6. 6.
    I’m Your Kind of Guy (Demo)
  7. 7.
    Baby Don’t Scold Me (Demo)
  8. 8.
    Neighbor, Don’t You Worry (Demo)
  9. 9.
    We’ll See (Demo)
  10. 10.
    Sad Memory (Demo)
  11. 11.
    Can’t Keep Me Down (Demo)
  12. 12.
    Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing
  13. 13.
    Go and Say Goodbye
  14. 14.
    Sit Down I Think I Love You
  15. 15.
    Leave
  16. 16.
    Hot Dusty Roads
  17. 17.
    Everybody’s Wrong
  18. 18.
    Burned
  19. 19.
    Do I Have to Come Right Out and Say It
  20. 20.
    Out of My Mind
  21. 21.
    Pay the Price
  22. 22.
    Down Down Down (Demo)
  23. 23.
    Flying on the Ground Is Wrong
  24. 24.
    Neighbor, Don’t You Worry (Remix)
  25. 25.
    Down Down Down (Remix)
  26. 26.
    Kahuna Sunset
  27. 27.
    Buffalo Stomp (Raga)
  28. 28.
    Baby Don’t Scold Me (Alternate Version)
  29. 29.
    For What It’s Worth
  30. 30.
    Mr. Soul (Alternate Version)
  31. 31.
    We’ll See
  32. 32.
    My Kind of Love
  33. 33.
    Pretty Girl Why (Previously Unreleased Mix)
  34. 34.
    Words I Must Say (Demo)
  35. 35.
    Nobody’s Fool (Demo)
  36. 36.
    So You’ve Got a Lover (Demo)
  37. 37.
    My Angel (Demo)
  38. 38.
    No Sun Today
  39. 39.
    Everydays
  40. 40.
    Down to the Wire (Alternate Version)
  41. 41.
    Bluebird
  42. 42.
    Expecting to Fly
  43. 43.
    Hung Upside Down (Demo)
  44. 44.
    A Child’s Claim to Fame
  45. 45.
    Rock & Roll Woman
  46. 46.
    Hung Upside Down
  47. 47.
    Good Time Boy
  48. 48.
    One More Sign (Demo)
  49. 49.
    The Rent Is Always Due (Demo)
  50. 50.
    Round and Round and Round (Demo)
  51. 51.
    Old Laughing Lady (Demo)
  52. 52.
    Broken Arrow
  53. 53.
    Sad Memory
  54. 54.
    On the Way Home (Previously Unreleased Mix)
  55. 55.
    Whatever Happened to Saturday Night (Remix)
  56. 56.
    Special Care
  57. 57.
    Falcon Lake (Ash on the Floor) (Remix)
  58. 58.
    What a Day
  59. 59.
    I Am a Child
  60. 60.
    Questions
  61. 61.
    Merry-Go-Round
  62. 62.
    Uno Mundo
  63. 63.
    Kind Woman
  64. 64.
    It’s So Hard to Wait
  65. 65.
    Four Days Gone (Demo)
Credits
Producer
Writer
Lead Vocals
Acoustic Guitar
Electric Guitar
Recorded At
Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA (September 5, 1967)
Released on
October 30, 1967
Tags
PopIn EnglishFolkFolk PopSinger-Songwriter
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