Song Lyrics Al Stewart - Swiss Cottage Maneuvers    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> A>> Al Stewart Singer Lyrics [Al Stewart other resources]>> Swiss Cottage Maneuvers Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Al Stewart Music Title/Track: Swiss Cottage Maneuvers Theme ID: 11606 Album: N/A On a Christmas cake day one Friday in August In a book shop in Charing Cross Road I first set eyes on a girl and at once I didn't know She had eyes like a poet and hair like a rainbow Reflecting the lights that did glow And the sadness she kept in her eyes Struck my senses a blow And so as by chance at the touch of a glance We could find ourselves out in the road With no crush of time to defeat us and no place to go And I couldn't say how but the coffee bar crowd Had appeared through the silence that broke And she said "Oh my father's a judge in St Albans you know." Oh well, then perhaps I could help you You know that St. Albans is miles away And I've got a room in Swiss Cottage in which you could stay She laughed "Oh I couldn't do that, for I've got to be up in the morning you see." So I rang up to find out the first morning train she could take. And so in the gloom of a candlelit room With spaghetti, two forks and plate She said "Oh I really would like to be free and escape." Oh well if it's like that, you don't have to go back and you're perfectly welcome to stay "But I've not finished school yet." she said as she got into bed And so as she slept and the pure morning crept through the windows to take her away I thought you can't make people be what you want them to be I could see my self nailed to a dormitory tale of a holiday night's escapade And just yesterday she had seemed like a woman to me and so like a child with the sleep in her eyes Where the sadness of age had once been She left on the train with a "See you again" and a smile And I couldn't say what I had won or I lost Or even just what I had seen But when I'm alone I just think of her once in awhile. Related Lyrics Random lyrics: 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, Cant Forget About You, Cant Froget About You, Cant Forget About You, Carolina Mountain Dewe, Changes Comin On, Changes Comin On, Cheap Seats, Christmas in Dixie, Christmas In Your Arms, 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