I remember like it was yesterday
The day we met
And when I confessed to your mom
That you were the one I'd been waiting for
I remember my first protest
Throwing eggs at their windows
I almost got punched in the face
When I ran my mouth a little too much
I clearly remember my first beer
But not the ones that followed
The first time you smiled at me
I remember it like it was yesterday
I remember like it was yesterday
Playing cowboy on my chair
Hitting my backhands with two hands
Crying over the two New York towers
I remember a math problem
With a bathtub to fill
And I remember a little box
Where I piled up all my memories
I remember my grandma's voice
The jars of jam on the table
Monopoly or Scrabble
I remember it like it was yesterday
I remember like it was yesterday
Having Paris at my window
For a Creuse native, that's clear
That it's like switching planets
I remember a medium-scale guitar
And the cross-outs in a notebook
But let's say my first song
I'm still trying to forget it
I remember like it was yesterday
Days of deep anger
When a factory doesn't make it through the winter
And some scumbag runs the world
I remember and I'll remember
To tell my kid
When he asks what it was like
Adjusting his backpack
I'll remember too, of course
That that phone call changed everything
And Alzheimer's can try to hang on