Last Days Of The Century (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

When the cock crows And the wind blows And the primrose of dawn Is at your windows Moving through the deep You chase dreams across your sleep Scarecrows, waiting at your door In the last days of the century

Trains (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

panes As all our lives went rolling on the clicking wheels of trains The school years passed like eternity And at last were left behind And it seemed the city was calling me To see what I might find Almost

Time Passages (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

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

Manuscript (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

in Hackney are all falling down And my grandmother sits on the beach in the days before the war Young girl writing her diary, while time seems to pause Watching the waves as they come one by one to die

Bedsitter Images (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

The subway station's closed again Sleeps beneath its veil of rain My footprints broken trail behind Steals the nightlights from my mind The dark deserted streets then clear Today has lived and died in

Running Man (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

name inside the passport The gold bars and the gun And once again they've come out of the past And though your mind is cool your heart is beating fast You've been through it all before Each time you wish

In Brooklyn (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

Oh I come from Pittsburgh to study astrology,' She said as she stood on my instep 'I could show you New York with a walk between Fourth Street and Nine' Then out of her coat taking seven harmonicas She

Marion The Chatelaine (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

When the great collector found her She was just a girl She rang a chord inside him And he stole her to the centre of his world Many wished they could be in her shoes But she surely did know how to have

Merlin's Time (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

And I think of you now As a dream that I had long ago In a kingdom lost in time In a forest of evening The archer is bending a bow And I see you bring him bread and wine Down the legions of years The invaders

Almost Lucy (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

Lucy worked 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 minute

Charlotte Corday (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

If you hear a step upon Your stair tonight If you see a shadow in The candle light It's only your imagination Leading you astray See her for a moment Then she'll slip away The ghost of Charlotte Corday

Helen And Cassandra (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

According to the myths and legends At the fringes of our memory Paris stole the queen of Sparta And carried her across the sea As they fled, he never dreamt That he held the world in his grip Helen, the

Coldest Winter In Memory (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

The coldest winter in memory was 1709 The sea froze off the coast of France all along the Neptune line By the lost town of Dunwich the shore was washed away They say you hear the church bells still as

Laughing Into 1939 (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

Party hat and satin dress Silver paper curled in her long black hair Tapping one small elegant shoe in time Oh, the way she plays with them Smile at one, then dance with another Pretty soon they're forming

Roads To Moscow (Live; 2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

with our backs to the town of Orel Closer and closer to Moscow they come Riding the wind like a bell General Guderian stands at the crest of the hill Winter brought with the rains, oceans of mud filled

Electric Los Angeles Sunset (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

Shots split the night, a bullet lodged in his brain He must have died instantly, he felt no pain A crowd quickly gathered to the feast of the gun Waiting for the ambulance and cops to come Hm mmm mmm mmm

Night Train To Munich (2005 Digital Remaster) 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

Necromancer (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

Oh the sweet addiction Of forbidden fruit Oh the strange affliction That has taken root Oh the hidden cancer Cancer of the soul Oh the necromancer Inside us all I have never seen this many People gathered

Genie On A Table Top (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

I went floating down the street one day With a song playing in my mind Hopping and bopping like a ricochet Bad news was hard to find There was a hint of syncopation Coming from the sidewalk and the street

Samuel Oh How You've Changed! (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

Most of the better bred Woollen toys have gone to bed And the teddy bear is a sleeping in the cupboard And the wooden soldiers all And the rubber bouncing ball Are list'ning to the tales of mother Hubbard

A Small Fruit Song (2005 Digital Remaster) 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

Soho (Needless To Say) (Alternate Ver.; 2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

a Friday evening I've been here all of the day I'm going nowhere with nowhere to go Football supporters taking the waters They're looking round for the twilight daughters Non stop strip club pornographic

Hipposong (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

I was surrounded by a large hippopotamus And nine of its friends who declared quite a lot of us Are feeling rather blue And we don't know what to do I turned away but the large hippopotamus Said that his

Last Days Of The Century Al Stewart

When the cock crows And the wind blows And the primrose of dawn Is at your windows Moving through the deep You chase dreams across your sleep Scarecrows, waiting at your door In the last days of the century

Trespasser (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

saw your trespasser He wandered uninvited to your door He seemed to know his way around Although I'd never seen his face before Pausing for a moment underneath your window ledge He turned around to see the

Night Rolls In (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

Night rolls in Gone is the wind Fireflies dancing in your eyes Now you're holy again Oh night rolls in Oh night rolls in It's like a dream of a long time ago A footprint lost in the snow That covers the

Feel Like (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

I feel as volatile as the weather Over fields of Scottish heather The night before Hallowe'en You know I feel like A catamaran in summer The beat of a reggae drummer The flag of a brigantine This is the

If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It (Live; 2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

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 and

Peter On The White Sea (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

When I took my boat out to the White Sea I had no care in the world Not a cloud disturbed the sky I was dreaming only of how it might be Then dark fell into the day And the wind began to rise Peter on

Angel Of Mercy (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

Every evening You come around here in your cloak of lies Half believing I sit and listen as you offer up the prize Pick up your smile Just go faithless friend There is no pleasure waiting here for you

Don't Forget Me (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

The sun is going down across the great unknown Lights come on inside the towers made of stone A muffled drum plays out of sight and all alone Summer is over The city lies awake and breathes electric air

In The Dark (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

They said God Bless the Prince of Wales Let let us hope that he prevails The souvenirs provide details Of distant monarchy Moving through the human tide With the Princess at his side Tribesmen cheer and

On the Border (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

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 silver

On The Border (2001 - Remaster) Al Stewart

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 silver

Mixed Blessing (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

She never learned her lesson She had to have it all It was a real mixed blessing I don't believe she saw She liked to keep them guessing Sometime later on She'd gather her possessions and be gone When the

Blow Your Mansion Down (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

There's a sign in the distance In the hollywood hills And it's calling the faithful to come And you know that they will See the pied piper standing up in the limousine shine Saying here is your ticket

One Stage Before (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

and they fret their hour I see those half-familiar faces in the second row Ghost-like with the footlights in their eyes But where or when we met like this last time, I just don't know It's like a chord

Year of the Cat (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

a watercolour in the rain Don't bother asking for explanations She'll just tell you that she came In the year of the cat.

Sand in Your Shoes (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

You always were a city kid though you were country raised And back in some forgotten time we shared the cold north days But the simple life was not your style, and you just had to escape So it's goodbye

Year Of The Cat (2001 - Remaster) Al Stewart

watercolor in the rain Don't bother asking for explanations She'll just tell you that she came In the year of the cat She doesn't give you time for questions As she locks up your arm in hers And you follow

Lord Grenville (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

Go and tell Lord Grenville that the tide is on the turn It's time to haul the anchor up and leave the land astern We'll be gone before the dawn returns Like voices onthe wind.

Broadway Hotel (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

You told the man in the Broadway Hotel Nothing was stranger than being yourself And he replied, with a tear in his eye Love was a rollaway Just a cajole away Mist on a summer's day Nothing was clear Love

Flying Sorcery (2001 - Remaster) Al Stewart

With your photographs of Kitty Hawk And the biplanes on your wall You were always Amy Johnson From the time that you were small No schoolroom kept you grounded While your thoughts could get away You were

Flying Sorcery (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

With your photographs of Kitty Hawk And the biplanes on your wall You were always Amy Johnson From the time that you were small.

Midas Shadow (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

You got your ticket and your hotel keys And your overnight bag at your feet You're looking down on the tropical trees While the Spanish maids pick up the sheets Conquistador, in search of gold For all

On The Border Al Stewart

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 silver

Time Passages al stewart

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

Young World (2005 Digital Remaster) Ricky Nelson

and let me show you Just how true young love can be And whoa-uh-oh It's a young world And if you'll tell me you're my one girl You'll make my whole life worth livin' Just by givin' your love to me All of

Greenbacks (2005 Remaster) Ray Charles

As I was walking down the street last night A pretty little girl came into sight I bowed and smiled and asked her name She said, Hold it bud, I don't play that game I reached in my pocket, and to her

My Egyptian Couch Al Stewart

Now here's a book full of photographs That my ancestors made some generations ago They're wearing the lastest clothes in a nautical way The Suez Canal close behind is frozen in time The deck crews star