Al Stewart
Almost Lucy

1978

Prachtige singer/songwriter die bekend is geworden met nummers zoals "On The Border" en "Year Of The Cat".

Dit is een wat minder bekend nummer, van de LP Time Passages uit 1978. Erg mooi.

Hieronder "On The Border", van een concert uit 2001. Blijft ook geweldig.

Lyrics

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.
And all these changing faces never bothered her at all.
That just existed like a back-drop
or a pattern on the wall.

Lucy looks like someone who is waiting for a call
She knows will come,
but no-one else can hear at all.

Lucy finds the dressing room and the bar.
Hangs her clothes up,
hopes tonight the contract won't be broken.
Well, they kick you round so much when you're not a star.
Make you play all night just for a pittance or a token.

But all these imperfections never bothered her at all.
She says it sharpens your perception
when your back's against the wall.
There's something that enables her to rise above it all,
to shrug it off, just when it seems to go too far.

I think you almost
feel the pain coming on inside.
I think you almost
feel it now and you don't know why.
You don't know why.

The last time that I saw her
she had given up the chase.
Moved away to California,
got a suntan on her face.
She says that life was just another time, another space.
It's over now, she learned a lot,
it's not a waste.

I think you almost
feel the pain coming on inside.
I think you almost
feel it now and you don't know why

I think you almost
feel yourself reaching out inside
I think you almost
feel it now and you don't know why,
Don't know why.