by Al Stewart on album Centenary Collection: The Best of Al Stewart
It seems to me as though I've been upon this stage before And juggled away the night for the same old crowd These harlequins you see with me, they too have held the floor As here once again they strut
by Al Stewart on album Centenary Collection: The Best of Al Stewart
You say with best intention, lets throw away convention Set sail across the water, to find the tides of fortune I say please understand it, dont' let our love be stranded upon the midnight rocks, upon
by Al Stewart on album An Acoustic Evening With Al Stewart
Meet me at the station underneath the clock Carry an umbrella, no need to talk The man in the homburg, hiding in the fog Will be watching Get yourself a ticket, go through the gate At seven forty-five
by Al Stewart on album Between the Wars
Al Stewart - Age of Rhythm Today I feel like Dorothy Parker Today I've got the critical eye I paint my world just a little bit darker Don't even have to try Everyone seems a little bit desperate Oh
by Al Stewart on album Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Al Stewart - Where Are They Now I sent my crack divisions through the early morning mist When they fell on your positions you were powerless to resist Encircling and probing for the weakness in your
by Al Stewart on album Chronicles... The Best of Al Stewart
Prince Louis Battenberg is burning the Admiralty lights down low Silently sifting through papers sealed with a crown Admiral Lord Fisher is writing to Churchill, calling for more Dreadnoughts The hous
by Al Stewart on album Chronicles... The Best of Al Stewart
They crossed over the border the hour before dawn moving in lines through the day Most of our planes were destroyed on the ground where they lay Waiting for orders we held in the wood Word from the fr
by Al Stewart on album Chronicles... The Best of Al Stewart
Rainstorm, brainstorm, faces in the maelstrom Huddle by the puddles in the shadows where the drains run Hot dogs, wet clogs, clicking up the sidewalk Disappearing into the booze shop Rainbow queues s
by Al Stewart on album An Acoustic Evening With Al Stewart
On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where they turn back time You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre Contemplating a crime She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running Like
by Al Stewart on album An Acoustic Evening With Al Stewart
Said the apple to the orange: "Oh I wanted you to come Close to me and kiss me to the core Then you might know me like no other orange Has ever done before"
by Al Stewart on album Russians and Americans
Al Stewart So here we stand at the edge of 1984 Bracing ourselves once again For the storm approaching as those Who long before huddled in caves from the rain The enemy's face is so hard to see Somet
by Al Stewart on album Rhymes In Rooms - Al Stewart 'Live'
Nothing that's forced can ever be right If it doesn't come naturally, leave it That's what she said as she turned out the light And we bent our backs as slaves of the night Then she lowered her guard
by Al Stewart on album Rhymes In Rooms - Al Stewart 'Live'
The fishing boats go out across the evening water Smuggling guns and arms across the Spanish border The wind whips up the waves so loud The ghost moon sails among the clouds Turns the rifles into silv
by Al Stewart on album Rhymes In Rooms - Al Stewart 'Live'
It was late in december, the sky turned to snow all round the day was going down slow night like a river beginning to flow i felt the beat of my mind go drifting into time passages years go falling in
by Al Stewart on album Running Man - Introducing... Al Stewart
They crossed over the border, the hour before dawn Moving in lines through the day Most of our planes were destroyed on the ground where they lay Waiting for orders we held in the wood Word from the f
by Al Stewart on album Chronicles... The Best of Al Stewart
Lucy worked at a different club every day And though she put her mind to it, her heart was never in it She stayed around just long enough to get paid She won't pass the time with you, she can't stay a
by Al Stewart on album Chronicles... The Best of Al Stewart
Oh I've come from Pittsburgh to study astrology she Said as she stepped on my instep "I could show New York with a walk between Fourth Street and Nine." Then out of her coat taking seven harmonicas sh