Al Stewart - Manuscript (2007 Remastered Version) Lyrics

Lyrics Manuscript (2007 Remastered Version) - Al Stewart



Prince Louis Battenberg is burning the Admiralty lights down low
Silently sifting through papers sealed with a crown
Admiral Lord Fisher is writing to Churchill, calling for more Dreadnoughts
The houses in Hackney are all falling down
And my grandmother sits on the beach in the days before the war
Young girl writing her diary, while time seems to pause
Watching the waves as they come one by one to die on the shore
Kissing the feet of England
Oh the lights of Saint Petersburg come on as usual
Although the air seems charged with a strangeness of late, yet there's nothing to touch
And the Tsar in his great Winter Palace has called for the foreign news
An archduke was shot down in Bosnia, but nothing much
And my grandmother sits before the mirror in the days before the war
Smiling a secret smile as she goes to the door
And the young man rides off in his carriage, homeward once more
And the sun sets gently on England
Ah the day we decided to drive down to Worthing, it rained and rained
Giving us only a minute to stand by the sea
And crunching my way through the shingles, it seemed there was nothing changed
Though the jetty was maybe more scarred that I'd known it to be
And Mandi and I stood and stared at the overcast sky
Where ten years ago we had stood, my Grandfather and I
And the waves still rushed in as they had the year that he died
And it seemed that my lifetime was shrunken and lost in the tide
As it rose and fell on the side of England
Prince Louis Battenberg is burning the Admiralty lights



Writer(s): Alistair Ian Stewart


Al Stewart - Original Album Series
Album Original Album Series
date of release
31-12-2013

1 Bedsitter Images (2007 Remastered Version)
2 Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres (2007 Remastered Version)
3 The Carmichaels (2007 Remastered Version)
4 Scandinavian Girl (2007 Remastered Version)
5 Pretty Golden Hair (2007 Remastered Version)
6 Denise at 16 (2007 Remastered Version)
7 Samuel Oh How You've Changed! (2007 Remastered Version)
8 Cleave to Me (2007 Remastered Version)
9 A Long Way Down from Stephanie (2007 Remastered Version)
10 Ivich (2007 Remastered Version)
11 Beleeka Doodle Day (2007 Remastered Version)
12 In Brooklyn (2007 Remastered Version)
13 Old Compton Street Blues (2007 Remastered Version)
14 Ballad of Mary Foster (2007 Remastered Version)
15 Life and Life Only (2007 Remastered Version)
16 You Should Have Listened to Al (2007 Remastered Version)
17 Love Chronicles (2007 Remastered Version)
18 My Enemies Have Sweet Voices (2007 Remastered Version)
19 Small Fruit Song (2007 Remastered Version)
20 Gethsemane, Again (2007 Remastered Version)
21 Burbling (2007 Remastered Version)
22 Electric Los Angeles Sunset (2007 Remastered Version)
23 Manuscript (2007 Remastered Version)
24 Black Hill (2007 Remastered Version)
25 Anna (2007 Remastered Version)
26 Room of Roots (2007 Remastered Version)
27 Zero She Flies (2007 Remastered Version)
28 Lord Grenville (2001 Remastered Version)
29 On the Border (2001 Remastered Version)
30 Midas Shadow (2001 Remastered Version)
31 Sand in Your Shoes (2001 Remastered Version)
32 If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It (2001 Remastered Version)
33 Flying Sorcery (2001 Remastered Version)
34 Broadway Hotel (2001 Remastered Version)
35 One Stage Before (2001 Remastered Version)
36 Year of the Cat - 2001 Remaster
37 Time Passages
38 Valentina Way
39 Life In Dark Water
40 A Man for All Seasons
41 Almost Lucy
42 The Palace of Versailles
43 Timeless Skies
44 Song On The Radio
45 End of the Day




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