Carol Lyrics - Al Stewart

Sometimes it seems unimaginable 

That you were ever any other way 

With your white rose face and your orphan clothes 

Embroidered jeans and silver chains 

You're a well known face in all the hang-out places 

Where the lost souls congregate 

You sit all night, but you talk too fast 

I don't know what you're trying to say 

Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover, a-ha 

Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover, a-ha 

You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays 

I know your daddy said he'd talk to you 

But he never really found the time 

And your TV mother with her cocktail eyes 

Could never really reach your mind 

So you fixed your star to a passing dream 

And took a cocaine holiday 

Now the years flow round you in a muddy stream 

And you need another place to stay. 

Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover, a-ha 

Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover, a-ha 

You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays 

Reach down, silvery ship from the stars, I know you're there 

I know you'll understand me, you can take me anywhere 

I know you must be there 

Well, sometimes it seems impossible 

That the game could get that rough 

But the stage is set, the exit's barred 

And the make-up won't come off 

So you make your bow to the balcony 

You light another cigarette 

And the lights grow dim as the music starts 

And it's easy to forget 

Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover, a-ha 

Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover, a-ha 

You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays 

Reach down, silvery ship from the stars, I know you're there 

I know you'll understand me, you can take me anywhere 

I know you must be there