Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Al Stewart
Canonical path: /al-stewart/next-time
Related lyric paths: 6
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Next time
Read Next time lyrics by Al Stewart on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Next time
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He heard the clatter of her heels in the street,
The clock said half-past three
He lay there waiting in the dark to hear
The scraping of the front-door key
He wouldn't say to her
"Don't you want to know where you were?"
She wouldn't find him there
Next time
She missed the train, she felt the rain upon her face
It seemed to clear her head
She watched him drive into the night
A broken tail-light, a speck of red
She still felt his touch
It didn't seem to mean that much
She wouldn't go back there
Next time
When you were just a kid you loved
To go to movies in the afternoon
And so you left the factory
And got a job in the projection-room
Bette Davis plays
Ran away with the passing days
You'll be a movie-star
Next time
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Al Stewart performs "Next time", and this lyric page sits inside the Al Stewart catalog on LyroVerse.
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