Where Are They Now Lyrics - 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; your territory mine 

I called for your surrender; this you swore you would not do 

So I stormed the very fortress, you thought could shelter you 

I held you then upon your knees and turned to give my thanks 

To the regiments assembled in their ranks 

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Where are they now? 

Where are they now? 

I raised you to your feet, with your hand inside my own 

We set off upon a journey, each together, each alone 

In the days that followed oh our lives did overlap 

I learned the contours of your body like the roads upon a map 

You sweetened every evening, I savoured every day 

Just when I was certain it would always be this way 

You slipped beyond the reach of my outstretched fingertips 

With all the kisses we'd placed upon your lips 

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Oh close. You're close 

Someone, come shine a light 

Oh near. So near 

But just out of sight 

I went in search of alchemy to resurrect the dead 

Sent my spies to fathom out the secrets in your head 

They said they heard your laughter 

Spinning through the summer night 

In the company of strangers 

And your eyes were wild and bright 

Though I grew reclusive and my days became withdrawn 

I held the banner of our love, now tattered and forlorn 

And swore that it would one day fly above us once again 

To do this, I had my reasons then 

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Close. You're close 

Once again, come shine a light 

Oh near. So near 

But just out of sight 

Perhaps there are some passions that are tempered by the years 

You reach accommodation, the intensity recedes 

Some of this occurred to me the time I saw you last 

Your face familiar in a way. Your voice out of the past 

Every gamut of emotion shared from tenderness to rage 

Fell away between us in the turning of that page 

It seemed like only yesterday we swore that we'd be true 

Two innocents believing that they knew 

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