Al Stewart - Age Of Rhythm

Al Stewart - Age of Rhythm



Today I feel like Dorothy Parker


Today I've got the critical eye


I paint my world just a little bit darker


Don't even have to try



Everyone seems a little bit desperate


Oh so witty, but over the edge


I don't know why they try to impress you


With one foot on the window ledge



That's just the way they play it


That's just the way they are


Think up a line and say it


I'll see you all later down at the bar



Don't try to understand it


It won't get you very far


Even the Great Pretender


is really as naked a Hedy Lamarr



Today I feel like Dorothy Parker


Today I'm up here walking the floor


The light inside my head getting darker


Going to leave this town for sure



One block down and another block over


There's a place that will make you a drink


The night is hot, I believe that I'll go there


A password will get you in



Play a song by Hoagy Carmichael


Play that horn like Beiderbecke too


A glass or two of something you like'll


Separate you from these blues



Life is a constant party


Swung to a shot of jazz


Even the broken-hearted


Can steal a feel of the razamatazz



This is the age of rhythm


These are the dancing years


Jump through the mirror with them


New York has no time for your tears



Today I feel like Dorothy Parker


Today I've got the critical eye


I paint my world just a little bit darker


Don't even have to try