Distant Smile Lyrics - The Island Years - Ultravox

Sometimes I find I drift away 

Behind a distant smile 

Light years ago I think someone spoke 

Quizzical glances behind cigarette smoke 

She drew the curtains at the end of the day 

And then we laughed because the room sailed away 

Fancy glitter in the summer arcades 

Then autumn leaves fall by a winter lane 

Piano echoes and the perfume still lingers 

But you fell through my fingers like sand 

With a distant smile 

A distant smile 

A distant smile 

Somehow I always seem to be 

Adrift in other times with a distant smile 

(???) the sound of the streets 

The city's glittering like diamonds in heat 

Our secret destination, touch down in the haze 

As the cameraman pans away 

Hey look, it's a long lost horizon 

Private oceans you can surface a sunrise in 

Hearts well ? dodging logic 

But nevertheless still permanently surprised 

Behind a distant smile 

A distant smile 

A distant smile 

Somehow I always seem to be 

Adrift in other times behind a distant smile 

You will see (?)