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The Deborah Harry song catalog you find on this page was compiled by me, the webmaster, with the help of my personal record collection, booklets, biographies, setlists, ASCAP, the LoC (Library of Congress), articles and (live) bootlegs. It's my goal to create a page which features Deborah's complete musical body of work, no matter if Deborah was in any way musically involved herself or whether she contributed her own lyrics to a project. In order to keep up the standard of this page and to make it grow you can help by submitting song titles and/or information which are missing on this site. Every contribution is greatly appreciated. Official song lyrics were taken from booklets. I transcribed those songs myself where no official lyrics were available (with no guarantee for their accuracy). I apologize for possible errors and will gladly take corrections. I kindly ask you not to copy any of these lyrics from this page.
All song pages include links to the albums, singles and/or live albums which they were released on. Best Ofs and soundtracks were only listed if there is a special mix available on the record or the song title itself was previously unreleased.

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originally by Johnny Thunders

YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND A MEMORY

It doesn't pay to try
All the smart boys know why
It doesn't mean I didn't try
I just never know why
Feel so cold and all alone
Cause baby, you're not at home
And when i'm home
Big deal, i'm still alone

Feel so restless I am
Beat my head against a pole
Try to knock some sense
Down in my bones
And even though they don't show
The scars aren't so old
And when they go
They let you know

You can't put your arms around a memory
You can't put your arms around a memory
You can't put your arms around a memory
Don't try, don't try

You're just a bastard kid
And you got no name
Cause you're living with me
We're one and the sam

And even though they dont show
They scars aren't so old
And when they go
They let you know

You can't put your arms around a memory
You can't put your arms around a memory
You can't put your arms around a memory
Don't try, don't try

You can't put your arms around a memory
You can't put your arms around a memory
You can't put your arms around a memory
Don't try, don't try

FEATURED ON

unreleased - performed by Blondie during the U.S. part of the 'Endangered Species' tour in 2010, during the Australian tour in the fall of 2010 and during the U.S. part of the 'Panic Of Girls' tour in 2011

e.g.

° Austin, TX/USA - September 29, 2011
° New Orleans, LA/USA - September 28, 2011
° New York, NY/USA - September 12, 2011
° Chicago, IL/USA - September 7, 2011
° Canberra, ACT/Australia - December 14, 2010
° Launceston, TAS/Australia - December 5, 2010
° Melbourne, VIC/Australia - December 2, 2010
° Melbourne, VIC/Australia - November 30, 2010
° Perth, WA/Australia - November 25, 2010
° Atlantic City, NJ/USA - September 11, 2010
° New York, NY/USA - August 31, 2010

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