Things Like That Don't Fade

When I'm ninety years old by a pool down in Florida
Sucking my meals from a jar through a twisty-straw
Focusing in on the death that I'm moving toward
Surrounded by Jews playing bingo and shuffleboard
Into the kid's-pool they wade

I'll remember the way that we danced on the Hudson Pier
Remember the way that you swayed
Things like that don't fade

When I'm losing my bearings, my moorings are giving way
Can't tell you my hometown or what happened yesterday
Escaping my skin and the vestiges of my past
Watching the places and people I've known at last
Disappear into the shade

I'll remember the nights that we said goodbye at your door
Remember the nights that I stayed
Things like that don't fade

They pass me by in the parade (x3)

When I'm lost in the fog and detritus of memory
Nothing else that I've left's gonna come back to me
Washed out to sea and by winds swept and currents tossed
I'll grab for the one thing I know that I have not lost
Hold on and hope to be saved

I'll remember the life that I could have had next to you
Remember the choices I made
Things like that don't fade.