Optical Illusion Lyrics - 24 Carrots - Al Stewart

In my darkest hour just before the dawn 

There's no sound from the empty street 

But sleep won't seem to come to me 

All your words in my head 

Linger on and on 

They've come to steal my time away 

Till the night is gone 

I must be losing my shine 

Like an old dusty Burgundy wine 

In a cellar cool and damp 

Dull beneath a yellow lamp 

No one turning the key 

To come and get me today 

The more I think about you now 

The more I'm feeling that way 

I see you there, everywhere 

Optical illusions 

Telephone, let it ring 

I don't want intrusions in my life 

I know tomorrow I'll find 

There's nothing here at all 

Just some trick your mind will play 

With shadows on the wall 

I see you here, feel you near 

Optical illusions 

Nothing real that I feel 

Just some confusion of my time 

In my darkest hour, when all the blinds were drawn 

You're just some mirage I saw 

Just before the dawn