About the song

“Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings” is a song recorded by Tom Jones in 1967.

Background:

  • Written by Mickey Newbury, a renowned American songwriter known for his introspective and melancholic ballads.
  • Released as a single and included on several Tom Jones albums, including “Green, Green Grass of Home.”

Themes:

  • Lost love: The song delves into the bittersweet emotions associated with remembering a past love.
  • Nostalgia: It evokes a sense of longing for the past and the happy memories shared with a former partner.
  • Moving on: While acknowledging the pain of lost love, the song also suggests a need to accept the past and move forward.

Lyrics:

The lyrics express the narrator’s experience of being haunted by memories of a past love. They describe the lingering feelings of sadness and regret, but also the need to find strength and carry on.

Some key lines include:

  • “Last night, quietly, she walked through my mind, As I lay searching for sleep”
  • “And then those funny familiar forgotten feelings, Started walkin’ all over my mind”
  • “It’s sad, so sad to watch love go bad, But a true love would not have gone wrong”
  • “I must go on, be strong, Tho’ a million teardrops may fall”

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Lyrics

Last night, quietly, she walked through my mind
As I lay searching for sleep.
Her soft hand reached out, she whispered my name
As she brushed a tear from my cheek.
And then those funny familiar forgotten feelings
started walkin’ all over my mind.
It’s sad, so sad to watch love go bad,
but a true love would not have gone wrong.
I’m just thankful for the good times we’ve had
for without them I could not go on,
With all these funny familiar forgotten feelings
walkin’ all over my mind.
I must go on, be strong,
tho’ a million teardrops may fall,
Before these funny familiar forgotten feelings
stop walk’ all over my mind.