Al Stewart - Carol

Al Stewart - Carol



Sometimes it seems unimaginable


That you were every any other way


With your white rose face and your orphan clothes,


Embroidered jeans and silver chains


You're a well known face in all the hang-out places


Where the lost souls congregate


And you sit all night, but you talk too fast


And I don't know what you're trying to say.



CHORUS


Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover,


Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover,


You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays.



I know your daddy said he'd talk to you


But he never really found the time


And your TV mother with her cocktail eyes


Could never really reach your mind


So you fixed your star to a passing dream


And took a cocaine holiday


Now the years flow round you in a muddy stream


And you need another place to stay.



CHORUS



Reach down, silvery ship from the stars, I know you're there,


I know you'll understand me, you can take me anywhere,


I know you must be there...



Sometimes it seems impossible


That the game could get that rough


But the stage is set, the exit's barred


And the make-up won't come off


So you make your bow to the balcony,


You light another cigarette


and the lights grow dim ast the music starts


And it's easy to forget.



CHORUS



Reach down, silvery ship from the stars, I know you're there,


I know you'll understand me, you can take me anywhere,


I know you must be there....