Slender Threads-Peter Hammill

[ti:Slender Threads (2006 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Peter Hammill] [al:Chameleon In The Shadow Of The Night] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Slender Threads (2006 Digital Remaster) - Peter Hammill [00:16.11]I saw your picture in the Evening Standard [00:20.18] [00:22.78]You were wearing your battle dress [00:25.27] [00:30.56]I really must confess [00:34.27] [00:38.78]That I shed a silent smile for you [00:42.67] [00:44.91]It had really blown my mind and [00:51.29]I wonder are you still so kind [00:57.75] [00:58.44]Are you still so pure [01:02.17] [01:04.11]There are other rhymes around here somewhere [01:07.08]But I'm not too sure how they fit [01:11.55] [01:22.32]Jenny penny for your thoughts [01:23.64]I wonder how you're thinking now; [01:26.57] [01:28.04]I hesitate to visualise; [01:31.08] [01:34.06]Our worlds are much too different [01:36.66] [01:37.18]That's a sign of the times but [01:45.76]Time was when I read your cards [01:48.58] [01:50.99]And wrote the numbers when you in the dust; [01:53.94] [01:56.65]I can't remember what they were but anyhow [01:59.83] [02:01.10]I missed the cusp [02:05.80] [02:07.11]So so long and so goodbye [02:10.77] [02:12.71]Do you think I'd recognise you by [02:15.74]Your hair or by your mind now [02:19.76] [02:23.70]Now we start out together [02:25.74] [02:29.10]But the paths all divide; [02:31.01] [02:34.36]When there are no more crossroads [02:36.72] [02:40.31]I open my eyes [02:45.29] [02:46.46]And find I'm walking on alone [02:49.26] [02:51.90]Through the snowy cold yes and [02:57.73]I wonder if I'll make it through the night [03:04.19] [03:27.82]I'm an author and an actor too; [03:30.70] [03:33.72]You're a model in the zoo [03:36.09] [03:39.47]I'm just thinking on which side of the bars [03:42.86] [03:46.01]I'm looking through [03:50.51] [03:53.98]If I prophesied an avalanche [03:56.27] [03:58.81]Would you wait and call my bluff [04:01.60] [04:04.50]If I gave you just a little song [04:08.12] [04:10.19]Would that be enough [04:12.38] [04:14.77]To save your life [04:18.84] [04:20.67]Or is the knife already turning in my hand