Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Modern Times , by - Al Stewart. Release date: 01.11.2018
Song language: English
Modern Times |
| Hello old friend, what a strange coincidence to find you |
| It’s been fifteen years since we last met, but I still recognised you |
| So call the barman over here, and let us fill our glasses |
| And drink a toast to olden times where all our memories lie |
| Where all our memories lie |
| Do you remember the time we were young? |
| Lowly, lowly, low |
| Outside the window the frosty moonlight hung |
| On the midnight snow |
| So we pulled our scarves around our faces in the night |
| Huddled on the doorsteps where the fairylights shone bright |
| Singing Christmas carols while our breath hung in the light |
| It all comes back like yesterday |
| It almost seems like yesterday |
| Do you remember the changes as we grew? |
| Slowly, slowly, slow |
| Sneaking in the back way into movies after school |
| For the evening show |
| Chasing skinny blue jean girls across the building-site |
| Checking out the dance floor while the band played «Hold Me Tight» |
| See the blonde one over there: I bet she’d be alright |
| It all comes back like yesterday |
| It almost seems like yesterday |
| While I talked he sat and he never made a sound |
| Staring at the glass beside me |
| Hey old friend, tell me what’s on your mind? |
| Silence grows on you like ivy |
| Ivy |
| Do you remember the church across the sands? |
| Holy, holy, ho |
| You stood outside and planned to travel the lands |
| Where the pilgrims go |
| So you packed your world up inside a canvas sack |
| Set off down the highway with your rings and Kerouac |
| Someone said they saw you in Nepal a long time back |
| Tell me why you look away |
| Don’t you have a word to say? |
| He said, «I don’t remember … I Don’t want to remember |
| In fact I’ve heard too much already |
| I don’t want to think, just leave me here to drink |
| Wrapped up in the warmth of New York City |
| Oh, oh, it seems you just don’t know |
| And you just don’t understand me |
| I’ve got no use for the tricks of modern times |
| They tangle all my thoughts like ivy |
| Ivy» |
| So I left him, and I went out to the street |
| Lowly, lowly, low |
| Where the red light girls were coming after me |
| Forty dollar show |
| All across the city’s heart the lights were coming on |
| The hotel lift softly hummed a Cole Porter song |
| If I went to look for him I knew he would be gone |
| A picture-card of yesterday |
| A photograph of yesterday |
| And far off in a deserted part of town |
| The shadows like a silent army |
| Flooded out the rooms in pools of blue and brown |
| And stuck to all the walls like ivy |
| Ivy |
| Ivy |