Bedsitter Images Lyrics - Al Stewart

The subway station's closed again 

Sleeps beneath its veil of rain 

My footprints' broken trail behind 

Steals the nightlights from my mind 

The dark deserted streets then clear 

Today has lived and died in here 

So I leave the chapel gloom 

To find the shelter of my tiny room 

But it's alright while the lights of the city shine so bright 

It's all right till the last winding train fades from sight 

Then alone in my room I must stay to lose or win 

While these wild bedsitter images come back to hem me in 

The panelled patterns on the door 

Chase shivering shadows to the floor 

Upon the pillow worn and thin 

The memories of hopes begin 

The carpet with its flowers and shredding 

Spires a foot before my bed 

The crack that won't return again 

Advancing through my broken window pane 

But it's alright while the lights of the city shine so bright 

It's all right till the last winding train fades from sight 

Then alone in my room I must stay to lose or win 

While these wild bedsitter images come back to hem me in 

The friends I've left back home all write 

With laughing words that warm my sight 

Saying, Tell us, how's the city life 

I reply and say just fine 

(Oh, you must be something) 

And so you see I can't go back 

Until I either win or crack 

I'm standing in a one way street 

The stage is set 

(Oh, now you're set) 

The story incomplete 

But it's alright while the lights of the city shine so bright 

It's alright till the last winding train fades from sight 

Then alone in my room I must stay to lose or win 

While these wild bedsitter images come back to hem me in