It was late in December, the sky turned to snow.
All 'round the day was a-goin' down slow.
Night like a river beginning to flow.
I felt the beat of my mind go drifting into,
Time passages.
Years go falling in the fading light,
Time passages.
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight.

Well, I'm not the kind to live in the past.
The years run too short and the days too fast.
The things you lean on are things that don't last.
Well, it's just now and then my line gets cast into these,
Time passages.
There's something back here that you left behind,
Oh, time passages.
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight.

Hear the echoes and feel yourself starting to turn.
Don't know why you should feel that there's something to learn.
It's just a game that you play.

Extended instrumental break.

Find more similar lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.com/s65wWell, the picture is changing now you're part of a crowd.
They're laughing at something and the music's loud.
A gal comes towards you you once used to know.
You reach out your hand but you're all alone in those,
Time passages.
I know you're in there, you're just out of sight,
Oh, time passages.
Buy me a ticket on the last train home tonight.

Extended instrumental coda.

TIME PASSAGES
Written by: Al Stewart & Peter White
Performed by: Al Stewart-1978
Appears on: Time Passages-1978, Gold Rush-1979*, The Live Radio Concert-1980,
Live Indian Summer-1981, The Best of Al Stewart-1986, Our Songs: Singers &
Songwriters Encore-1992*, '70s Folk Rock Hits-1995*, Chronicles: The Best of
Al Stewart-1996*, AM Gold: (1978)-1997*1, Live at the Roxy, Los Angeles
(1981)-1997, The Best of MusikLaden Live-1999, The Very Best Al Stewart Album
Ever-2002, Time Passages Live-2002 & 2005, The Essential Al Stewart-2003,
Greatest Hits-2004, et al. (*Compilation of various artists.)

1Transcribed from the track on this album.