Lady Fitz,

Just in case you're still looking at these forums..........I noticed Brian stopped in here this past year, but no one has been here for nearly a decade on this thread.

But JUST IN CASE ANYONE re-visits this thread, I'm going to give my 2 cents worth! I was reading several of the above suggestions to help with remembering lyrics. Different methods probably work for different folks as we're not all "wired" the same. No question all of us could memorize much better when we were young and our minds weren't so cluttered with much useless stored information.........and we also "chemically imprinted" memory better with youthful brains. I did have a sug for you, which has helped me if you or anyone reading this post, perhaps you could find it useful. Like you say, some songs seem to be more difficult than others, especially when there is ambiguity and having a new line "modify" a same preceding line. Get some paper and pencil and "outline" just those four lines for instance that are giving you confusion, (or whatever part of the lyrics that you are forgetting) write them down in the order they appear in the song, then memorize just those four lines in order until you can repeat them without looking at the paper. Now go back and use your normal process for learning the lyrics and those ambiguous lines "should" be ingrained within your memory so that they will more easily not be confused for one another. Try doing just the first two verses until you are confident that you have it, then do the same with the last two verses, then put it all together...........

Should help, as you are now not trying to do too much at one time which should also lower your subconscious anxiety that begins to habitually develop at the spots that have given you trouble. I always feel if I have the "lyrics learned," then I focus more on remembering the chords when playing a song, because if you think of both together, more chance of losing your music timing especially if you are late with a chord.

Just my thoughts, use or lose anyone! (But for those of us over 60.......we're not going to be as sharp as we were at 30..............

steady-eddie