Al Stewart Lyrics

01 Time Passages It was late in December, the sky turned to snow All…
03 Year of the Cat On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where…
04 A Man For All Seasons What if you reached the age of reason Only to find…
05 Almost Lucy Lucy worked a different club every day And though she put…
06 Flying Sorcery With your photographs of Kitty Hawk And the biplanes on your…
08 Josephine Baker I was watching TV late last night And a scene transported…
08 One Stage Before It seems to me as though I've been upon this…
9. Year Of The Cat On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where…
A League of Notions I'm here sitting in the wreck of Europe With a map…
A Long Way Down From Stephanie Maid, truly I see now it must be a long…
A Man For All Seasons What if you reached the age of reason Only to find…
A Sense of Deja Vu Looking back on my diary I seem to get a sense…
A Small Fruit Song Said the apple to the orange: "Oh I wanted you to…



Accident on 3rd Street Linda was killed last Saturday about fifteen blocks from whe…
Almost Lucy Lucy worked a different club every day And though she put…
Always the Cause Bad news over the great divide Comes in from every side St…
Amsterdam Oh I just came back from Haarlem On the very last…
Angel of Mercy Every evening You come around here in your cloak of lies Hal…
Angry Bird One day you fell Down from the sky You oversaw things Forgot…
Anna Anna, turns out the light Sits down alone The echo of his…
Anniversary This is the day you disappeared Your hand was steady and…
Antarctica Long before I ever saw The frost upon your face I was…
Apple Cider Re-constitution When we came to the station all the trains were…
Bad Reputation You've got a bad reputation All over the street There's some…
Ballad Of Mary Foster David Foster lives in Gloucester with his family Works 'til…
Beacon Street When your little world has fallen apart You'll be living on…
Bedsitter Images The subway station's closed again Sleeps beneath its veil of…
Beleeka Doodle Day I could have gone to Cambridge with Lionel I think I…
Belsize Blues The roof started leaking and the stairs were squeaking Ther…
Black Hill Hey, won't you come look at the sunrise Peeping up into…
Blow Your Mansion Down There's a sign in the distance In the Hollywood hills And…
Broadway Hotel You told the man in the Broadway Hotel Nothing was stranger…
Cafe Society Late at night When reality's failing and nothing is prevaili…
Candy Came Back Candy came back to amazing acclaim Saying: 'If this is love…
Carol Sometimes it seems unimaginable That you were ever any other…
Charlotte Corday Al Stewart/Tori Amos) If you hear a step upon Your stair to…
Clarence Frogman Henry Tell you a story about, uh, old black singer called…
Class of '58 Old jazz guys being interviewed Thirty years beyond their pr…
Cleave To Me Constancy dwells in Realms of perfection I hear the call Lif…
Clifton in the Rain The rain came down like beads Bouncing on the noses…
Constantinople Across the western world The fights are going down The gypsy…
Delia's Gone Delia's gone And the days they run so slow Here in the…
Denise at 16 Prince Louis Battenberg is burning the admiralty lights down…
Don The sun is going down across the great unknown Lights come…
Don't Forget Me The sun is going down across the great unknown Lights come…
Down in the Cellars Down in the cellars of Jean-Luis Chave All the shadows are…
Electric Los Angeles Sunset Shots split the night, a bullet lodged in his brain He…
Elvaston Place Elvaston Place, a run-down basement in South Ken Hiding yo…
Elvis At The Wheel There is an independent book store The last one that remaine…
End Of The Day And in the evening when the day goes down She leaves…
Fantasy I prefer fantasy to reality, that's what you said to…
Feel Like I feel as volatile as the weather Over fields of Scottish…
Fields Of France His flying jacket still has her perfume Memories of the nig…
Flying Sorcery With your photographs of Kitty Hawk And the biplanes on your…
Football Hero In the center of the field Stands the favorite player The ba…
Franklin's Table Dinner with Ben Franklin on Friday night The invitation rea…
Genie on a Table Top I went floating down the street one day With a song…
Gethsemane Again In Gloucester Cathedral, on Saturday night I came to your fl…
Ghostly Horses of the Plain We opened the door To see the coming of the trains Across…
Gina Gina in the King's Road, 1968 Blonde hair and eyeshadow, I…
Hanno The Navigator It's a good day For going to sea Hanno the Navigator said…
Helen and Cassandra According to the myths and legends At the fringes of our…
Here In Angola Can't deal with all this undergrowth talk It just trips my…
Hipposong I was surrounded by a large hippopotamus And nine of its…
House of Clocks I once had a gilded clock Constructed in la Belle Epoque T…
How Does It Happen Oh, kid you're in a terrible state You better pick yourself…
I Don't Believe You I can't understand She let go of my hand And left me…
I'm Falling It's Sunday afternoon and it's raining, I m falling Color se…
If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It Nothing that's forced can ever be right If it doesn't come…
In Brooklyn Oh I come from Pittsburgh to study astrology She said as…
In Red Square It's a shame about Stalin, the curator said He really was…
In the Dark They said "God Bless the Prince of Wales Let let us…
Indian Summer Indian summer, the shops are shuttered and the crowds are…
Ivich She's a mollusk, a seamstress, a princess A priestess, a neg…
I’m Falling It's Sunday afternoon and it's raining, I m falling Color …
Jackdaw I'm running away On a day like today Nothing you say Could c…
Joe the Georgian Now I've got my payment For the service that I gave They've…
Josephine Baker I was watching TV late last night And a scene transported…
Katherine of Oregon When I get even more old than I am now I'll…
King of Portugal Dreamed I was the King of Portugal In a big four…
Last Days Of The Century When the cock crows And the wind blows And the primrose of…
Laughing Into 1939 Party hat and satin dress Silver paper curled in her long…
Leave It Nothing that's forced can ever be right If it doesn't come…
License to Steal He walks into the room He's got a briefcase like a…
Life And Life Only Mr. Willoughby, whose only luxury is the sugar in his…
Life Between the Wars Paul Gervaise picks up the Herald And sees the face of…
Life In A Bottle Oh come away from the day, here I stay Living on…
Like William McKinley I got a letter; it came in the mail today I…
Lindy Comes to Town Lindy flew his plane across the dark Atlantic Put her down…
Long Way Home Maid, truly I see now it must be a long…
Lord Grenville Go and tell Lord Grenville that the tide is on…
Lord Salisbury Lord Salisbury said to me "Though we spend our lives in…
Lori Don't Go Right Now Lori, don't go right now Now that you've come this far Lori,…
Love Chronicles can remember the first girl that I did love It was…
Lover Man Oh baby Come and tell me 'bout your tree house And your…
Lyke Wake Dirge (Any nighte and alle) (Fire and fleet and candle-lighte) (An…
Manuscript Prince Louis Battenberg is burning the Admiralty lights down…
Marion the Chatelaine When the great collector found her She was just a girl She…
Merlin And I think of you now as a dream that…
Merry Monks Merry monks are shallow as the waters of the ford Sing…
Midas Shadow You've got your ticket and your hotel keys And your overnigh…
Midnight Rocks You say with best intention Let's throw away convention Set …
Millie Brown Do you have the photograph we took with Millie Brown It…
Mixed Blessing She never learned her lesson She had to have it all It…
Modern Times Hello old friend, what a strange coincidence to find you It…
Mona Lisa This is the Mona Lisa talking Out on the street where…
Mondo Sinistro I take my troubles on a Friday night To the heart…
Mr Lear How pleasant to know Mr. Lear How pleasant to know at…
Mr. Lear How pleasant to know Mr. Lear How pleasant to know at…
Murmansk Run Your father sailed on the Murmansk run To guide the flocks…
Murmansk Run/Ellis Island Your father sailed on the Murmansk run To guide the flocks…
My Contemporaries People attempt to belittle us Merely because we are circumn…
My Egyptian Couch Now here's a book full of photographs That my ancestors made…
My Enemies Have Sweet Voices Was in a bar called Paradise When the fiddler from the…
Necromancer Oh the sweet addiction Of forbidden fruit Oh the strange af…
News From Spain I have heard the news from Spain Now you say you've…
Next Time He heard the clatter of her heels in the street The…
Night Meeting It was a night meeting Somewhere in a troubled land They c…
Night Of The 4th Of May And the days they flew by And the leaves fell from…
Night Rolls In Night rolls in Gone is the wind Fireflies dancing in your …
Night Train To Munich Meet me at the station underneath the clock Carry an umbrel…
Nostradamus In the east the wind is blowing the boats across…
Nostradamus/The World goes to Riyadh In a camel's eye far in a distant land The sun…
Not the One It's the kind of grey November day that washes away…
Old Admirals I can well recall the first time I ever put…
Old Compton Street Blues Oh your pictures they don't really do you justice little…
On The Border The fishing boats go out across the evening water Smuggling …
One One, two, three That's how elementary it's gonna be just fi…
One Stage Before It seems to me as though I've been upon this…
One Two Three One, two, three That's how elementary it's gonna be just fi…
Optical Illusion In my darkest hour just before the dawn There's no sound…
Out in the Snow I walked out in the snow And left no mark upon…
Paint by Numbers When all the help in the world won't get you…
Palace of Versailles The wands of smoke are rising From the walls of the…
Pandora Pandora comes today As she dazzles and she dances You find h…
Peter on the White Sea When I took my boat out to the White Sea I…
Post World War Two Blues I was a post-war baby in a small Scots town I…
Pretty Golden Hair Born in England's pleasant green Like a picture postcard sce…
Princess Olivia I never was one for talk I keep things to myself Let…
Rain Barrel I'm hiding in a rain barrel inside these consul walls This…
Real and Unreal Did you ever have the feeling You're the only person living…
Red Toupee Catalina on a fishing boat We call it Henry Cisneros We got…
Roads To Moscow They crossed over the border, the hour before dawn Moving in…
Rocks In The Ocean On a night just like this, in a place far…
Royal Courtship I sent my majordomo to your amanuensis To ascertain your fe…
Rumours Of War We met on the beach amid rumours of war Your head…
Running Man Before the phone hits the receiver You're halfway to the doo…
Russians & Americans So here we stand at the edge of 1984, bracing…
Sampan The sun is high, looking out I see The emptiness beyond…
Samuel Oh How You've Changed Most of the better bred Woolen toys have gone to bed And…
Samuel Oh How You've Changed! Most of the better bred Woolen toys have gone to bed And…
Samuel Oh How You’ve Changed Most of the better bred Woolen toys have gone to bed And…
Sand in Your Shoes You always were a city kid though you were country…
Scandinavian Girl The Gothenburg streets were like silver sheets As I kicked m…
Sergio Sergio came to California In the days after the war So lon…
Shah Of Shahs After these processions comes the sweeping up The rag and bo…
Silver Kettle And in the last days of the world of plastic…
Sirens of Titan I was drawn by the sirens of Titan Carried along by…
Sleepwalking The stranger comes to town He is greeted like a prince…
Small Fruit Song Said the apple to the orange: "Oh I wanted you to…
Soho Rainstorm, brainstorm, faces in the maelstrom Huddle by the …
Somewhere in England On the platform of an old railway station I enter…
Song On the Radio I was making my way through the wasteland The road into…
Songs Out Of Clay "Oh I know that you are an artist" she said "For…
Strange Girl You're a strange girl, you come from a strange family You're…
Swallow Wind Look out, look out, Phoenix cried My time must be at…
Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres On a Christmas cake day one Friday in August In a…
Tasting History Stephanie's father came her from Alsace He bought a big Vic…
Terminal Eyes Cut glass porcupine sailing on the Serpentine Fingers on the…
The Ballad of Mary Foster David Foster lives in Gloucester with his family Works 'til …
The Bear Farmers of Birnam The bear farmers of Birnam Go out every night Creep up on…
The Candidate Inside the lonely building Sits the candidate His speech i…
The Carmichaels Mr Carmichael says that he loves his wife I believe he…
The Coldest Winter in Memory The coldest winter in memory was 1709 The sea froze off…
The Dark and Rolling Sea Oh, you slipped away from the harbor side In the mornin?…
The Dark and the Rolling Sea Oh you slipped away from the harbour side In the morning…
The Ear Of The Night You put your tongue in the ear of the night Expecting…
The Elf I sat upon the Evening Hill The shadows set, the night…
The Immelman Turn I always was the reckless kind, I do what I…
The Last Day of June 1934 The morning is humming, it's a quarter past nine I should…
The Loneliest Place On The Map This place is so far away From what passes for civilized…
The News From Spain I have heard the news from Spain Now you say you've…
The Night That the Band Got the Wine The earthquake hit at6 19 with a jolt People went running…
The One That Got Away I came upon two strangers on a black and white…
The Palace Of Versailles The wands of smoke are rising From the walls of the…
The World According To Garp It’s a restless world and the hands take hold as…
The Year of the Cat On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where…
Three Mules Three mules came over a hill They were dragging a cart Creak…
Time Passages It was late in December, the sky turned to snow All…
Timeless Skies While travelling northwards On a back country lane I came …
Toutes Les Etoiles Viola, tante Pascale Toutes les etoiles Dans mon verre dan…
Trains In the sapling years of the post war world In an…
Trespasser When I first saw your trespasser He wandered uninvited to y…
Turn Into Earth How your restless hungry eyes Speak of cloudy summer skies T…
Turning It Into Water I used to have a secret cellar Where I kept the…
Valentina Way Find another lover tomorrow Go find another lover today You'…
Waiting for Margaux She says she works "in government" Though her job is ill-de…
Walked Out In The Snow I walked out in the snow And left no mark upon…
Warren Harding I'm leaving my home in Europe behind Heading out for a…
What's Going On First time I saw you, you were Mr. Natural You…
What's Going On? First time I saw you, you were Mr. Natural You seemed…
Where Are They Now I sent my crack divisions through the early morning mist Whe…
Willie the King Old man Bodey sits on his own by the side…
Year of the Cat On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where…
You Don I can't understand She let go of my hand And left me…
You Don't Even Know Me All right you saw me in the "International Times" You've go…
You Should Have Listened to Al She said "Don't you think we're going downhill? And I would…
Zero She Flies She's a mollusk, A seamstress, A princess, A priestess, A …