Time Passages

Song Time Passages
Artist Al Stewart
Album AM Gold 1978

Lyrics

It was late in December, the sky turned to snow
All 'round, the day was going down slow
Night like a river beginning to flow
I felt the beat of my mind go drifting into
Time passages
Years go falling in the fading light
Time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight
Well, I'm not the kind to live in the past
The years run too short and the days too fast
The things you lean on are things that don't last
Well, it's just now and then my line gets cast into these
Time passages
There's something back there that you left behind
Oh, time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight
Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn
Don't know why you should feel that there's something to learn
It's just a game that you play
Well, the picture is changing, now you're part of a crowd
They're laughing at something and the music's loud
A girl comes towards you you once used to know
You reach out your hand but you're all alone, in those
Time passages
I know you're in there, you're just out of sight
Oh, time passages
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight