Things I Did Today

TTTO: Things We Said Today, by Lennon/McCartney

Beatles sang a song once,
Nineteen-sixty-four.
Every note and nuance
Etched in my brain’s core.
With old, tiny details
Bright and clear as they always stay,
Why can’t I remember
Things I did today?

I see my instructors
Teaching every class
Same as when I sat there
Decades in the past.
With old, tiny details
Bright and clear as they always stay,
Why can’t I remember
Things I did today?

Wasn’t the forgetful kind;
Trivia had always been my game
And, with my failing mind,
‘Trivial’ is what my thoughts became…

Just like your own, friend —
Not the only one.
Where’d you set your comb, friend?
This goes on and on.
With old, tiny details
Bright and clear as they always stay,
Why can’t we remember
Things we did today?

Wasn’t the forgetful kind;
Trivia had always been my game
And, with my failing mind,
‘Trivial’ is what my thoughts became…

Just like your own, friend —
Not the only one.
Where’d you set your comb, friend?
This goes on and on.
With old, tiny details
Bright and clear as they always stay,
Why can’t we remember
Things we did today?