“I Remember” by Molly Drake, Nick Drake’s mother, who recorded this song and many others in the family’s living room in the 1950’s.  

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“We tramped the open moorland in the rainy April weather 

And came upon the little inn that we had found together 

The landlord gave us toast and tea and stopped to share a joke 

I remember firelight

I remember firelight

I remember firelight 

And you remember smoke 

We ran about the meadow grass with all the hairbells bending 

and shaking in the summer wind, a summer never ending 

We wandered to the little stream among the river flats

And I remember willow trees

I remember willow trees

I remember willow trees

And you remember gnats 

We strolled the Spanish marketplace in the shade 

With all the fruit and vegetables so temptingly arranged

We can share a memory as every lover lost 

I remember oranges 

I remember orange

I remember oranges 

And you remember dust 

The autumn leaves are tumbling down and winter’s almost here 

But through the spring and summertime, we laughed away the year 

Now we can be grateful for the gift of memory 

For I remember having fun

Two happy hearts that beat as one 

When I had thought that we were “we” 

But we were you and me