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

needless to say I'm alone on your streets on 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

Trains (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

the dusty railway carriage 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

Manuscript (2005 Digital Remaster) 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 houses

Charlotte Corday (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

she'll slip away The ghost of Charlotte Corday She wanders down the hallway In a long black dress And lingers by the fireplace Like a faint caress Just what it is that brings her here No man alive can say

Bedsitter Images (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

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 here So I leave the chapel gloom To

Running Man (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

Before the phone hits the receiver You're halfway to the door The voice said 'get out while you can There's just ten minutes, nothing more' Time only for the essentials Better gather them and run The false

Soho (Needless To Say) Al Stewart

(needless to say) I'm alone on your streets on 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

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

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

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

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

Merlin's Time (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

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 have taken this land And bent you to

Laughing Into 1939 (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

them Smile at one, then dance with another Pretty soon they're forming up a line And she's laughing, laughing into 1939 Oh, laughing, laughing into 1939 Oh, the party draws them in It breathes and moves To

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

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

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

of their tanks to the ground, while the skies filled with snow And all that I ever Was able to see The fire in the air, glowing red Silhouetting the snow on the breeze Ah, Ah, Ah x4 Ah, Ah, Ah all thru

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

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

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 Leaning from your balcony You said this is how it's meant to

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

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

Trespasser (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

When I first 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

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

Necromancer (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

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 in one place together Don't ask about it You don't want to

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

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

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 showed me the scars She got from trying to

In The Dark (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

his side Tribesmen cheer and gaze wide eyed At such celebrity The Royal smile from magazines Waving hands from limousines The crowd holds pictures of the Queen The magic entity These images are beamed to

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

Feel Like (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

I feel as volatile as the weatherOver fields of Scottish heatherThe night before Hallowe'enYou know I feel likeA catamaran in summerThe beat of a reggae drummerThe flag of a brigantineThis is the d...

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

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 The sailor in the bar dreams of a love affair Young girls seem to

Angel Of Mercy (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

Pick up your smile Just go faithless friend I don't see you any more as an angel of mercy Imitations Of the good life were your stock in trade Pale imitations You run for cover when the promise starts to

Young World (2005 Digital Remaster) Ricky Nelson

my hand 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

Night Rolls In (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

Night rolls inGone is the windFireflies dancing in your eyesNow you're holy againOh night rolls inOh night rolls inIt's like a dream of a long time agoA footprint lost in the snowThat covers the gr...

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

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

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 asked the man for a room with a view Nothing was said as he stared at his shoe Then he replied as he gave you the key Love was a rollaway Just an unfold away That's all there is to say No-one came

Tumbling Dice (2005 Digital Remaster) The Rolling Stones

Baby, I can't stay, you got to roll me And call me the tumblin' dice. Always in a hurry, I never stop to worry, Don't you see the time flashin' by.

One Stage Before (2001 Remaster) 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

Midas Shadow (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

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 the jackdaw reasons The Midas shadow that's so hard to

Flying Sorcery (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

Oh, you wrapped me up in a leather coat And you took me for a ride We were drifting with the tail-wind When the runway came in sight The clouds came up to gather us And the cockpit turned to white When

Flying Sorcery (2001 - Remaster) Al Stewart

drums behind you, they won't care Oh, are you there Oh, you wrapped me up in a leather coat And you took me for a ride We were drifting with the tail wind When the runway came in sight The clouds came up to

'Heroes' (Live; 2005 Digital Remaster) David Bowie

We can be heroes forever and ever I, I wish you could swim Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim Though nothing, Oh, we can be heroes just for one day We can be heroes forever and ever What d'you say

If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

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 She lowered her guard and showed me the scars She got from trying to

On the Border (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

on the border On my wall the colours of the maps are running From Africa the winds they talk of changes coming The torches flare up in the night The hand that sets the farms alight Has spread the word to

On The Border (2001 - Remaster) Al Stewart

on the border On my wall the colours of the maps are running From Africa the winds they talk of changes coming The torches flare up in the night The hand that sets the farms alight Has spread the word to

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

questions As she locks up your arm in hers And you follow 'till your sense of which direction Completely disappears By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls There's a hidden door she leads you to

Year Of The Cat (2001 - Remaster) Al Stewart

for questions As she locks up your arm in hers And you follow till your sense of which direction Completely disappears By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls There's a hidden door she leads you to

Undecided (2005 Remaster) Ray Charles

"First you say you do And then you don't And then you say you will And then you won't You're undecided now So what are you gonna do?