Song Lyrics Al Stewart - Roads To Moscow    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> A>> Al Stewart Singer Lyrics [Al Stewart other resources]>> Roads To Moscow Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Al Stewart Music Title/Track: Roads To Moscow Theme ID: 11597 Album: N/A Roads to Moscow They crossed over the border the hour before dawn Moving in lines through the day Most of our planes were destroyed on the ground where they lay Waiting for orders we held in the wood - word from the front never came By evening the sound of the gunfire was miles away Ah, softly we move through the shadows, slip away through the trees Crossing their lines in the mists in the fields on our hands and our knees And all that I ever was able to see The fire in the air glowing red silhouetting the smoke on the breeze All summer they drove us back through the Ukraine Smolensk and Viasma soon fell By autumn we stood with our backs to the town of Orel Closer and closer to Moscow they came - riding the wind like a bell General Guderian stands at the crest of the hill Winter brought with her the rains, oceans of mud filled the roads Gluing the tracks of their tanks to the ground while the sky filled with snow And all that I ever was able to see The fire in the air glowing red silhouetting the snow on the breeze In the footsteps of Napoleon the shadow figures stagger through the winter Falling back before the gates of Moscow, Standing in the wings like an avenger And far away behind their lines the partisans are stirring in the forest Coming unexpectedly upon their outposts, growing like a promise You'll never know, you'll never know Which way to turn, which way to look, you'll never see us As we're stealing through the blackness of the night, You'll never know, you'll never hear us And the evening sings in a voice of amber, the dawn is surely coming The morning roads leads to Stalingrad, and the sky is softly humming Two broken Tigers on fire in the night flicker their souls to the wind We wait in the lines for the final approach to begin It's been almost four years that I've carried a gun At home it will almost be spring The flames of the Tigers are lighting the road to Berlin Ah, quickly we move through the ruins that bow to the ground The old men and children they send out to face us, they can't slow us down And all that I ever was able to see The eyes of the city are opening now it's the end of the dream I'm coming home, I'm coming home, Now you can taste it in the wind, the war is over And I listen to the clicking of the train wheels as we roll across the border And now they ask me of the time When I was caught behind their lines and taken prisoner "They only held me for a day, a lucky break", I say; They turn and listen closer I'll never know, I'll never know Why I was taken from the line and all the others To board a special train and journey deep into the heart of holy Russia And it's cold and damp in the transit camp, and the air is still and sullen And the pale sun of October whispers the snow will soon be coming And I wonder when I'll be home again and the morning answers "Never" And the evening sighs and the steely Russian skies go on forever Related Lyrics Random lyrics: The Elf, The One That Got Away, The Year of the Cat, Time Passages, Time Passeges, Trains, Trespasser, Turn Into Earth, Whats Going On, Where Are They Now, Year of the Cat, Crime Pays, Do Yo Thang, Foxxy Brown, Peace Akki, Think Not, Mairzy Doats, You Call Everybody Darling, Show And Tell, The Snake, Christmas At Ground Zero, Trash Day, Loucos De Lisboa, Perdidamente, Solta-Se O Beijo, "reckless", 40 Hour Week, 40 Hour Week (For A Livin), A Candle In The Window, Alabama - Reckless, Alabama - Then Again, Alabama - We Cant Love Like This Anymore, Alabama - Why Lady Why, Alabama Sky, Alabama-Reckless, Alabama-Then Again, Alabama-Why Lady Why, Albama - Tlc Asap, Albama-Tlc Asap, American Pride, Angels Among Us, Anytime, Anytime (Im Your Man), Anytime Im Your Man, Barefootin, Between The Two Of Them, Borderline, Born Country, Burn Georgia Burn, Calling All Angels, Other Al Stewart song Lyrics Accident On 3rd Street Lyrics Almost Lucy Lyrics Angel Of Mercy Lyrics Antarctica Lyrics Apple Cider Re-constitution Lyrics Apple Cider Re-Constitution Lyrics Bad Reputation Lyrics Bedsitter Images Lyrics Broadway Hotel Lyrics Cafe Society Lyrics Carol Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Al Tariq Lyrics Al Trace Lyrics Al Wilson Lyrics Al Yankovic Lyrics Ala Dos Namorados Lyrics Alabama Lyrics Alabama 3 Lyrics Alabaster Box Lyrics Alabina Lyrics Alacranes Musicales Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy