"I can't Recall" from the musical version of "A Tale of Two Cities", performed by James Barbour. Sydney Carton reflects on the effect the compassion of Lucie Manette has had on his drunken wasted mess of a life.
I can't recall
A night so clear
The heavens seem an inch away
Not cold and empty like before
A night as sweet as this, tonight
I can't recall
I can't recall
The taste of wine
Have I been drinking down my days?
A crippled wretch content to crawl
If I have been that man right now
I can't recall
I can't recall
My sense of shame
Was failure born inside my heart
Or did the many years of waste
Leave it there?
Did I just feel it disappear
Because
you care?
The choice is mine
Tomorrow at my feet
All yesterday's a haze
I pray that I will not repeat
I can't recall
A night so clear
The heavens seem an inch away
And not unfriendly after all
After all
If life was ever quite this sweet
I can't recall