Harry Belafonte - Try To Remember 💯

The lyrics are a poetic meditation on the passage of time and the loss of innocence:

: A key line, "Without a hurt the heart is hollow," suggests that the "December" of life brings a necessary depth that the "callow fellow" of September lacked. Harry Belafonte - Try To Remember

The song was originally written by Harvey Schmidt (music) and Tom Jones (lyrics) for the 1960 Off-Broadway musical, The Fantasticks. In the play, it serves as an introductory piece, asking the audience to use their imagination to look past the "sparse set" and enter a world of memory and nostalgia. Lyrical Meaning and Themes The lyrics are a poetic meditation on the