Almost Lucy

Album: Time Passages (1978)
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  • Lucy worked a different club every day
    And though she put her mind to it
    Her heart was never in it
    She stayed around just long enough to get paid
    She won't pass the time with you
    She can't stay a minute
    And all these changing faces never bothered her at all
    That just existed like a back-drop
    Or a pattern on the wall
    Lucy looks like someone who is waiting for a call
    She knows will come
    But no-one else can hear at all

    Lucy finds the dressing room and the bar
    Hangs her clothes up
    Hopes tonight the contract won't be broken
    Well, they kick you round so much when you're not a star
    Make you play all night just for a pittance or a token
    But all these imperfections never bothered her at all
    She says it sharpens your perception
    When your back's against the wall
    There's something that enables her to rise above it all
    To shrug it off, just when it seems to go too far

    I think you almost
    Feel the pain coming on inside
    I think you almost
    Feel it now and you don't know why
    You don't know why

    The last time that I saw her
    She had given up the chase
    Moved away to California
    Got a suntan on her face
    She says that life was just another time, another space
    It's over now, she learned a lot
    It's not a wasteI think you almost
    Feel the pain coming on inside
    I think you almost
    Feel it now and you don't know why

    I think you almost
    Feel yourself reaching out inside
    I think you almost
    Feel it now and you don't know why
    Don't know why Writer/s: ALISTAIR IAN STEWART
    Publisher: Spirit Music Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Miles from AnkaraI think Lucy is a B-girl/go-go dancer. I guess most B-Girls have a dream to be a famous singer or performer. But from scratch or in order to make ends meet they may have to choose this way of life. They can be go-go dancers or artistic performers although they have to accompany customers at their tables to make them buy drinks and spend money in the club. When the drinks are over they won't spend time with you for the sake of the conversation or friendship whatsoever. Sadly I guess Al is a customer who is romantically attached to this woman although she was actually doing her job. This song is for me one of the greatest songs of Al. Such a great melody and song, I have been listening for decades with the same freshness.
  • Libby from Louisville, KyAl doesn't fit the song's criteria: he does meet-and -greets, & hangs out after shows. If his heart ISN'T in it, then he deserves the Best Actor award. If the pain is as bad as the song implies, why stick with it for 60 years?
  • Alexander from LondonThere is no Lucy. Almost Lucy is an anagram of Al. Read the songfact and the artistfact to see how this is so.
  • Joseph from IndiaAfter listening more, I think my earlier comment needs to be modified.
    "Lucy worked a different club every day
    And though she put her mind to it
    Her heart was never in it...........
    ....Lucy finds the dressing room and the bar
    Hangs her clothes up
    Hopes tonight the contract won't be broken"

    Though she was just a stripper Lucy had ambitions and wanted to really make something of her life. But the deck was stacked against her and she finally gave up hope (the chase)
    "......Moved away to California
    Got a suntan on her face
    She says that life was just another time, another space
    It's over now, she learned a lot....."
    The only way someone get a suntan on just the face is when the rest of the body is covered.
    A nun's habit? It's a new and different life for her, the old one was another life. Logically I feel Lucy joined a convent in California and found peace at last.
    I still keep listening to this beautiful song
  • Joe from Cochin, IndiaYoung girl with lots of ambitions and dreams tries to reach somewhere, but loses the fight to fulfill her dreams. So she moves on, but in a totally different direction.

    "And though she put her mind to it, her heart was never in it
    She stayed around just long enough to get paid
    She won't pass the time with you, she can't stay a minute

    And all these changing faces never bothered her at all
    They just existed like a back-drop or a pattern on the wall"
    These lines tell you that the young Lucy had great ambitions, never had short term relationships or one night stands. She was totally devoted to achieving her dreams.
    But reality finally defeats her and she forgets her dreams.
    Very tragic.
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