Al Stewart Next Time Lyrics

Next Time Lyrics

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 wanna 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