Almost Lucy

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 I think you almost Feel yourself reaching out inside I think you almost Feel it now and you don't know why Don't know why --- Almost Lucy - Al Stewart