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Strangers Still

from Out Of The Blue by Chris Conway

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This song goes back so long the lyric sheet I found had been written on a typewriter! - I recorded it instrumentally with my jazz trio Happy Landings on our album Meet You There in 1991, and the lyrics would've been from soon after that. I can hear influences of jazz group Azimuth and Kenny Wheeler/Norma Winstone/John Taylor's writing in this.

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Strangers Still
She takes his hand
And knows he'll understand
And he touches her hair,
He knows something's in the air
They're together but apart,
Strangers still at heart.
Memory lingers like footprints in the snow

She looks at his eyes,
And knows what's on his mind,
And he knows that smile
And what it tries to hide
Between them the divide,
It still is just as wide

Hearts move together but minds in reverse,
Each of them hoping the other one moves first.
Faces and shadows they come and they go.
Memory lingers like footprints in the snow

Strangers - they are strangers.
They are strangers still at heart,
But they'll never part.

The air is clear
His heartbeat changes gear,
Maybe in the dark
They'll start to feel that spark,
and the light in their eyes is on,
One moment and it's gone.
Memory lingers like footprints in the snow

It's much too late,
They can't communicate
What they feel inside,
It's easier to hide
Why did they get involved?
A mystery unsolved.

Hearts move together but minds in reverse,
Each of them hoping the other one moves first.
Faces and shadows they come and they go.
Memory lingers like footprints in the snow

Strangers - they are strangers.
They are strangers still at heart,
But they'll never part.

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from Out Of The Blue, released February 1, 2015
Chris Conway - vocals, piano

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Think David Crosby on a journey taking in Ireland, a jazz club, and Outer Space.

"Songs of Love & Peace & Outer Space" is his slogan and that sums it up well.

He has toured with ex-Monkees Peter Tork, played with members of Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention as well as Vikki Clayton, Martin Carthy, Sally Barker, Pete Morton, Cathy Lesurf, & Tommy Emmanuel and Talvin Singh. ... more

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