Song Description

Woman is haunted by memories and sensations of past lover, but transitions from victim ("tell me why you won't go away") to a more assertive stance ("I'll tell you why you have to go away").

Lyrics

Haunting My Memory
Mary Haller/Rolf Schnyder


I hid your photograph inside my closet
Finally gonna put the past behind me
But I keep getting' mail with your name on it
I'm trying to move on, but your memory still finds me

Tell me why, why you just won't go away, baby
You're outta my world, but you're still in my dreams
Tell me how I'm supposed to carry on and set you free
When you're haunting my memory, haunting my memory

I keep seein' you in crowded places
Feel you here beside me while I'm sleepin'
I still hear our song on every station
My head knows you're gone, but my heart can't believe it

Tell me why, why you just won't go away, baby
You're outta my world, but you're still in my dreams
Tell me how I'm supposed to carry on and set you free
When you're haunting my memory

I can't keep livin' with your ghost
Can't you see it's makin' me crazy
Now it's time, finally time for me to close that door
I don't want you, I don't need you any more

So I'll tell you why, why you've got to go away, baby
I've gotta move on, so get outta my dreams
So that I, I can finally carry on and set you free
Without you haunting my memory, haunting my memory

I'll tell you why, why you've got to go away, baby
I've gotta move on, so get outta my dreams
So that I, I can finally carry on and set you free
Without you haunting my memory, haunting my memory