Almost Lucy
Al Stewart


Am                                 C
Lucy worked a different club every day
                       G              Dm              F
And though she put her mind to it her heart was never in it
    Am                                    C
She stayed around just long enough to get paid
                   G              Dm               F
She won't pass the time with you, she can't stay a minute
    G                  G7          Am
And all these changing faces never bothered her at all
            G              F           C               G
They just existed like a backdrop or a pattern on the wall
                G7             Am
Lucy looks like someone who is waiting for a call
    G          Am        G      Am               E7   Am
She knows will come, but no one else can hear at all

                                     C
Lucy finds the dressing room and the bar
                      G                 Dm                F
Hangs her clothes up, hopes tonight the contract won't be broken
          Am                                        C
Well they kick you Ôround so much when you're not a star
                  G                Dm             F
Make you play all night just for a pittance or a token
    G              G7             Am
But all these imperfections never bothered her at all
            G                F                 C                  G
She says it sharpens your perception when your back's against the wall
                         G7           Am
There's something that enables her to rise above it all
   G        Am       G       Am              E7
To shrug it off just when it seems to go too far


Am                        G     Fmaj7                 Em
Hey, hey hey, I think you almost feel the pain coming on inside
Am                        G     Fmaj7                            Em
Hey, hey hey, I think you almost feel it now, but you don't know why
               Dm          Am
You don't know why, mm-mm-mm


Break: Am  C  G Dm F  (2x)

    G                G7              Am
The last time that I saw her she had given up the chase
       G          F             C             G
Moved away to California, got a suntan on her face
                       G7           Am
She says that life was just another time, another place
     G    Am       G         Am              E7
It's over now, she learned a lot, it's not a waste


Refrain  (2x)  except 2nd time: "...feel yourself reaching out inside"
Alternate ending:  Dm  F  Am