Almost Lucy Lyrics - Time Passages - 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 

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 wasteI think you almost 

Feel the pain coming on inside 

I think you almost 

Feel it now and you don't know why