Almost Lucy - Al Stewart
Lucy worked at 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
They just existed like a back-drop
Or a pattern on the wall
Lucy looks like someone
Who is waiting for a call
She knows he'll 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
Hey hey hey
I think you almost
Feel the pain coming on inside
Hey hey hey
I think you almost
Feel it now
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 waste
Hey hey hey
I think you almost
Feel the pain coming on inside
Hey hey hey
I think you almost
Feel it now and you don't know why
Hey hey hey
I think you almost
Feel yourself reaching out inside
Hey hey hey
I think you almost
Feel it now
And you don't know why
You don't know why
