Paint by Numbers Al Stewart

when all in the help in the world won't get you by. When all of the friends that you lean on let you down you wonder why?

The Age Of Rhythm Al Stewart

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 so

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

Midas Shadow (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

that's so hard to please And follows wherever you go "Nothing ventured, nothing gained", they said So you played for, the winner takes all And tossed the dice high up and craned your head To see how the numbers

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

Sirens Of Titan Al Stewart

"I was drawn by the sirens of Titan Carried along by their call Seeking for a way to enlighten Searching for the sense of it all Like a kiss on the wind I was thrown to the stars Captured and ordered

A League Of Notions Al Stewart

The time to act is now Won't get this opportunity again" Woodrow Wilson has his fourteen points But Clemenceau turns to Lloyd George And says "You know that God himself had only ten" Today I'm carried by

Timeless Skies Al Stewart

country lane I came on the village where first I grew And stopped to climb up the hill once again Looking down from the tracks to the gray slate roofs I watched the village moving as the day went slowly by

Indian Summer Al Stewart

Indian summer The earth is cracked beneath the midday sun You've dragged your shadow round these streets too long There is no cover Come stay, we'll live gazebo lives And let the world outside pass us by

Antarctica Al Stewart

Long before I ever saw The frost upon your face I was haunted by your beauty And it drew me to this place I felt the chill of mystery With one foot on your shore And then and there resolved to go Where

Royal Courtship Al Stewart

told me that you thanked me Also my majordomo Also my majordomo I therefore told my counselor to offer my best wishes And he was greeted cordially with smiles and festive dishes I further was encouraged by

Sand in Your Shoes (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

On Remembrance Day the bands all played, the bells pealed through the park And you lay there by the "Do Not" signs, and shamed them with your spark Now winter moans in old men's bones as the day falls

A Man For All Seasons Al Stewart

Tower of London Watching the sands running out And measures the hours out From here to oblivion In actions that cant be undone A sailor through the darkness He scans the meridian And caught by

Manuscript (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

The houses 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

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

Soho (Needless To Say) 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 stand

Joe The Georgian Al Stewart

Joe the Georgian gets here We will dance, dance dance When Joe the Georgian gets here We will dance We all set off together On this sorry ship of state When the captain took the fever We were hijacked by

Lindy Comes To Town Al Stewart

public holiday You can see them ride down Wall Street in a tickertape parade I want to be there in that crown upon that bright, bright morning And I can tell the world I saw a new day dawning With my baby by

Where Are They Now Al Stewart

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 line By night you were surrounded;

Beacon Street Al Stewart

Street Then a bar or two of classical music Will waft through the air Newspaper adverts will usher the future your way Indian teas and then take-out Chinese At the end of the day Shadows on furniture cast by

Between The Wars Al Stewart

Fitzgerald She's part of the scene Of life between the wars The tropic sun is sticky and warm And it bakes the head of Somerset Maugham Who is writing a scene Of life between the wars You're waiting by

Mondo Sinistro Al Stewart

chablis She brings me grapefruit and a cup of tea She's a little Mephisto In this Mondo Sinistro I say I really love her dark brown eyes And the way that they tease-o I tell her everytime she passes by

Life Between the Wars Al Stewart

Fitzgerald She's part of the scene Of life between the wars The tropic sun is sticky and warm And it bakes the head of Somerset Maugham Who is writing a scene Of life between the wars You're waiting by

Charlotte Corday (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

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 She wanders down the hallway In a long black dress And lingers by

Zero She Flies Al Stewart

From the mountain he watches her, Biding his time But his eyes are the eyes of an eagle In the shuddering mad red blood-let sunset A tired man is leaving his cover And the soft eyes of zero Are cut by

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

I kept hope in my heart Through the salt and stormy night Every hour the wind struck ever harder We held on tight in the dark As our bow rose and fell Till we came with daylight into the harbour Hard by

Laughing Into 1939 (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

laughing, laughing into 1939 Oh, laughing, laughing into 1939 For tonight is New Year's Eve Uncork your spirits and welcome it in Who knows what it's got up its sleeve Can't wait for it all to begin Stand by

Laughing Into 1939 Al Stewart

laughing, laughing into 1939 Oh, laughing, laughing into 1939 For tonight is New Year's Eve Uncork your spirits and welcome it in Who knows what it's got up its sleeve Can't wait for it all to begin Stand by

Red Toupee Al Stewart

don't scare us In our red toupees Oh we got our red toupees In your mauve toupee Turquoise toupee In your green toupee Cerise toupee Why are you wearing that strange toupee My God, a cormorant just flew by

Year Of The Cat al stewart

She doesn't give you time 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

Year Of The Cat al stewart

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 'till your sense of which direction Completely disappears By

Year Of The Cat (Acoustic) Al Stewart

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 'till your sense of which direction Completely disappears By

Year Of The Cat (Single Version) (Live) Al Stewart

She doesn't give you time 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

Broadway Hotel (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

Alone in your room you hide as the night rolls by In the street outside And you feel over the words he said Till they turn to rain all around your head.

Year of the Cat (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

She doesn't give you time 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

Mr. Lear Al Stewart

Lear In Egypt, the first day of spring You're painting a watercolor,hoping the light will bring Guided by pens and inks, the pyramids and palms and sphinx When I was an old man, I had a cat named Foss

Broadway Hotel Al Stewart

Alone in your room you hide as the night rolls by In the street outside And you feel over the words he said Till they turn to rain all around your head.

Year Of The Cat (LP Version) Al Stewart

Year Of The Cat - 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

The Palace Of Versailles (LP Version) Al Stewart

to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte) The Palace Of Versailles by Al Stewart The wands of smoke are rising From the walls of the Bastille And through the streets of Paris Runs a sense

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

stand here forgotten and alone I've been too long on the floor I can't stay here any more So Jenny won't you please take me home Oh the statues that I see Are made out of blackest ivory But I pass them by

Electric Los Angeles Sunset (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

for the ambulance and cops to come Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm Sirens wail in the concrete Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm Electric Los Angeles sunset, the sunset, the sunset, oh o oh Headlight lit the faces by

Year Of The Cat (2001 - Remaster) Al Stewart

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 till your sense of which direction Completely disappears By

Electric Los Angeles Sunset Al Stewart

for the ambulance and cops to come Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm Sirens wail in the concrete Hm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm Electric Los Angeles sunset, the sunset, the sunset, oh-o-oh Headlight lit the faces by

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

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 front never came By

Roads To Moscow Al Stewart

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 front never came By

Flying Sorcery Al Stewart

On the tarmac with the winter in your hair By the empty hangar doors, you stop and stare Leave the oil-drums behind you, they wont care Oh, are you there?

Flying Sorcery (2001 Remaster) Al Stewart

On the tarmac with the winter in your hair By the empty hangar doors you stop and stare Leave the oil-drums behind you, they won't care Oh, are you there?

Flying Sorcery (2001 - Remaster) Al Stewart

schoolroom kept you grounded While your thoughts could get away You were taking off in Tiger Moths Your wings against the brush strokes of the day Are you there On the tarmac with the winter in your hair By

Josephine Baker Al Stewart

come across And only real is real I was born too late to see Josephine Baker Dancing in a Paris cabaret Born too late to see Josephine Baker She must have been great in her heyday I'm sometimes trapped by

Trespasser (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

To keep it in You see him in your dreams You see him in your dreams You see him in your dreams But I seem to see him all the time Now I see your trespasser go wandering alone Sometimes he's standing by