Al Stewart - A Piece of Yesterday - The Anthology

House Of Clocks

I once had a qilded clock
Constructed in la Belle Epoque
The hour hand broke, now it won't turn back
So long, so long, so long

I once had a sundial too
But green and wild my garden grew
The undergrowth obscured the view
So long, so long, so long

Not a word could make her stay
The East wind blows the sun away
Oh I lost her on St. Swithin's day
Oh why?

I grew up in a house of clocks
And late at night I'd sometimes walk
Listening to their rhythmic talk
So long, so long, so long

Clocks that sand in ringing chimes
To take the measure of the times
Clocks that spoke in wordless rhymes,
So long, so long, so long

Not a word could make her stay
The wine is spilt and flows away
I lost her on St. Swithin's day



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Writer(s): Al Stewart
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Other Album Tracks

  1. Bedsitter Images - 2005 Remastered Version
  2. Samuel Oh How You've Changed! - 2005 Remastered Version
  3. In Brooklyn - 2005 Remastered Version
  4. Electric Los Angeles Sunset - 2005 Remastered Version
  5. Manuscript - 2005 Remastered Version
  6. A Small Fruit Song - 2005 Remastered Version
  7. Nostradamus Part One/ World Goes To Riyadh/ Nostradamus Part Two (Medley) - Live; 2005 Remastered Version
  8. On The Border - 2001 Remastered Version
  9. Flying Sorcery - 2001 Remastered Version
  10. Year Of The Cat - 2001 Remastered Version

All Album Tracks: A Piece of Yesterday - The Anthology >

Altri album

  1. Al Stewart & the Empty Pockets Live
  2. Time Passages (Expanded Edition)
  3. Year of the Cat (45th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
  4. 24 Carrots (40th Anniversary Edition)
  5. Bed Sitter Images/Love Chronicles
  6. You Should Have Listened To Al
  7. Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres
  8. On The Border
  9. She Go
  10. Original Album Series

All Albums of Al Stewart >

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