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

Helen And Cassandra 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

Manuscript (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

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 in Hackney are all falling down And

Trains (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

wide Through the nineteenth century Some straight and true, some serpentine From the cities to the sea And out of sight Of those who rode in style there worked the military mind On through the night to

In Brooklyn (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

sat down to play on a doorstep saying 'Come back to my place I will show you the stars and the signs' So I followed her into the black lands Where the window frames peel and flake And the old Jewish face

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

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

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

Time Passages (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

mind go Drifting into time passages Years go falling in the fading light Time passages Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight Well I'm not the kind to live in the past The years run too short and

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

Charlotte Corday (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

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 She wanders down the hallway In a long black dress And

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

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

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

our knees And all that I ever Was able to see The fire in the air, glowing red Silhouetting the smoke on the breeze All summer they drove us back through the Ukraine Smolensk and Viasma soon fell By Autumn

Coldest Winter In Memory (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

court of France to the Czar in Muscovy Take heed of Charles of Sweden, the Lion of the North On the cracked earth of summer with his army he goes forth Guardian angels wherever you may be reach down and

Night Train To Munich (2005 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

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 precisely, don't be late If anybody follows don't hesitate Keep on walking And

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 bookshop Come into the back and

Necromancer (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

it You don't want to know Caught up in the fury of euphoria They say will last forever Don't ask about it It might just be so Oh the burning candle Oh the pretty flame Come fly into the night with us And

Trespasser (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

don't know why 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 You said if there's a trespasser There must be a footprint or a sign And

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

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

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

Night Rolls In (2006 Digital Remaster) Al Stewart

rolls in It's like a dream of a long time ago A footprint lost in the snow That covers the ground where we summered our lives Watching them grow From seeds that you sow But now the world in all its works and

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

I, I will be king And you, you will be queen nothing will keep us together We can beat them forever and ever Oh, we can be heroes just for one day And you, you can be mean And I, I'll drink all the time

Tumbling Dice (2005 Digital Remaster) The Rolling Stones

(Wo, wo) Women think I'm tasty, but they're always tryin' to waste me And make me burn the candle right down, But baby, baby, I don't need no jewels in my crown.

Young World (2005 Digital Remaster) Ricky Nelson

It's a young world When you're in love, you're in a young world So take 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

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

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

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

Year Of The Cat (2001 - Remaster) Al Stewart

running Like a 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

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

Let's Work Together (2005 Digital Remaster) Canned Heat

Together we'll stand Divided we'll fall Come on now people Let's get on the ball And work together Come on come on Let's work together Now now people Because together we will stand Every boy every girl

If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It (2001 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 She lowered her guard and showed

Triple Trouble (2005 Remaster) Beastie Boys

Well let me tell you We're triple trouble ya'll We're gonna bring you up to speed Cause I'm a specializer, rhyme reviser Ain't selling out to advertisers What you get is what you see And