The Loneliest Place On The Map Lyrics - Sparks Of Ancient Light - Al Stewart

This place is so far away 

From what passes for civilized life 

No shops and no cars and no city lights 

Just a river of stars 

Over the southernmost ocean so cold 

A small group of rocks, seagulls and ice 

Some ramshackle huts 

A paper in french from long ago 

A finger that juts out into the foam 

No boats come this way 

A few expeditions that pass now and then 

They'll be back someday 

But I don't know when 

It's the loneliest place on the map 

Night time is utterly black 

I came here by some grave mishap 

And I can't find my way back 

It's all as remote 

As the wintry smile that you gave 

As you buttoned your coat 

And love was erased 

So this is goodbye 

I see you silently rowing away 

The desolate sky threatening rain