Distant Smile

[Intro]

Sometimes I find I drift away

Behind a distant smile

[Verse 1]

Light years ago I think someone spoke

Quizzical glances behind cigarette smoke

She drew the curtains at the end of the day

And then we laughed because the room sailed away

[Verse 2]

Fancy glitter in the summer arcades

Then autumn leaves fall by a winter lane

Piano echoes and the perfume still lingers

But you fell through my fingers like sand

[Chorus]

With a distant smile

A distant smile

A distant smile

Somehow I always seem to be

Adrift in other times with a distant smile

[Verse 3]

Hey copper, put the sound on the streets

The city's glittering like diamonds in heat

Our secret destination, touch down in the haze

As the cameraman pans away

[Verse 4]

Hey look, it's a long lost horizon

Private oceans you can surface a sunrise in

Hearts well vandaled dodging logic

But nevertheless still permanently surprised

[Chorus]

Behind a distant smile

A distant smile

A distant smile

Somehow I always seem to be

Adrift in other times behind a distant smile