Curtain Songtext

von Al Stewart

I once had a girl in London
She told me a lie
It took me so long to discover
I never knew why

She used to live by the river
In the Spring she let her hair grow long
Pulled forward 'til her face was gone
Curtain drawn

She told me her life was a nightmare
When she was a child
Her parents would always be fighting
They let her run wild

She ran away to the river
In the summer when the days grew long
In this place where nothing's wrong
Curtain gone

And so one day unexpectedly I came
Into this world that she made for herself
She liked to play and I think that she made
Some kind of effort to push me away
Wouldn't you always say
That the more that you're pushed away
The more that you try to stay?

I too was drawn to the river
In the autumn when the leaves turned brown
Something in her turned around
Curtain down

And so one day unexpectedly she said
It's over it's over it's over you know
And you must leave and leave right away
I thought I told you a long time ago
I've got someone back home
I thought you'd never know
You stayed too long that's all
Curtain falls

I once had a girl in London
She told me a lie
It took me so long to discover
I never knew why