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: 6

• Kevin from IdahoRegarding getting a suntan on her face - interesting idea, Joseph from India, but don't overthink it. She got a suntan on her face because face rhymes with chase - not because she's wearing a nun's habit.
• 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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