Old Compton Street Blues (2007 - Remaster)-Al Stewart

[ti:Old Compton Street Blues] [ar:Al Stewart] [al:Love Chronicles] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Old Compton Street Blues (2007 - Remaster) - Al Stewart (阿尔·史蒂伍德) [00:07.21]Oh your pictures they don't really [00:09.67] [00:10.36]Do you justice little girl [00:12.43] [00:13.82]For you're careful not to let the [00:16.68]Camera touch your private world [00:19.81] [00:20.63]And there's just a hint of sadness [00:23.34] [00:23.87]In your smile through the dark [00:26.36] [00:27.28]As you slip your dress off slowly [00:30.00] [00:30.61]For the sailor or the clerk [00:33.28] [00:34.22]And it could have been so different [00:37.38]And at times you feel bad [00:39.83] [00:40.72]For you really did have something [00:44.04]That the others never had [00:48.37] [00:49.25]And the circle turns and turns [00:51.78]And turns so mad little girl [00:57.74] [01:02.67]Ah you must have been just fifteen [01:05.89]When you made your mind up first [01:08.58] [01:09.35]That you'd make it in the movies [01:12.90]And you couldn't lose the thirst [01:15.54] [01:16.23]And it took you to the attic [01:18.87] [01:19.45]Where the Agent King holds Court [01:22.35] [01:23.01]And his courtesans are fully [01:26.09]Paid up losers of a sort [01:29.26] [01:29.97]He looks at you and tells you that [01:33.30]You just might get the part [01:35.88] [01:36.84]But you don't get things for nothing [01:39.91]And he doesn't want your heart [01:44.34] [01:45.40]And the circle turns and turns [01:47.92]And turns so mad little girl [01:53.27] [01:59.01]Mmm you made it to the silver [02:01.53]Screen and yet you're not a star [02:04.92] [02:05.84]And advertising corsets [02:09.40]Didn't get you too far [02:12.01] [02:12.88]But money has it's favourites [02:16.01] [02:16.59]And yours went back to them [02:18.84] [02:19.61]So you modelled in a studio [02:23.32]In Greek Street for the rent [02:25.80] [02:27.12]There you met Antonio [02:30.28]Your lover from afar [02:32.83] [02:33.80]Who put you on the streets to [02:36.29]Make the money for his car [02:41.09] [02:41.93]And the circle turns and turns [02:44.51]And turns so fast little girl [02:50.13] [02:55.72]Ah your pictures they don't really [02:59.01]Do you justice any more [03:01.63] [03:02.40]For they're crumpled now and [03:04.48]Faded and were taken long ago [03:08.54] [03:09.20]And that faintly coy expression [03:11.98] [03:12.54]Has now left without a trace [03:15.16] [03:15.97]Ah there's little of it buried [03:19.36]In the ruins of your face [03:22.27] [03:22.91]It could have been so different [03:26.31]And at times you feel bad [03:28.78] [03:29.72]For you really did have something [03:32.82]That the others never had [03:36.57] [03:37.44]And the circle turns and turns [03:40.60]And turns so mad little girl [03:46.47] [03:51.81]For the circle turns and turns [03:54.27]And turns so sad little girl [04:01.07] [04:05.57]Oh the circle turns and turns [04:08.07]And it's too bad little girl