CATS - 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