Cats Grizabella Lyrics

Grizabella Lyrics

Grizabella intrudes once more, wanting to rejoin her 

                  family and be a part of the celebration. The cats again 

                  scorn her. She is left to contemplate her "Memory" of 

                  the time before she left the tribe, when she was once 

                  young, beautiful and happy.

 

                  GRIZABELLA: 

                  You see the border of her coat is torn and stained with sand


                  And you see the corner of her eye twist like a crooked pin


                    

                  Silence - not a sound from the pavement 

                  Has the moon lost her memory 

                  She is smiling alone 

                  In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet 

                  And the wind begins to moan 

                    

                  Every street lamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning 

                  Someone mutters and the streetlamp gutters 

                  And soon it will be morning 

                    

                  Memory - all alone in the moonlight 

                  I can smile at the old days 

                  I was beautiful then 

                  I remember the time I knew what happiness was 

                  Let the memory live again 

                    

                  She yearns to be accepted, and she stretches out her hand

                  behind her, hoping another cat will touch her. It doesn't
happen. 

                  She slinks off into the night.

 

 

                  ACT II