Ultravox: "Distant Smile" Lyrics

Sometimes I find I drift away

 Behind a distant smile

 

 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

 

 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

 

 With a distant smile

 A distant smile

 A distant smile

 Somehow I always seem to be

 Adrift in other times with a distant smile

 

 (???) the sound of the streets

 The city's glittering like diamonds in heat

 Our secret destination, touch down in the haze

 As the cameraman pans away

 

 Hey look, it's a long lost horizon

 Private oceans you can surface a sunrise in

 Hearts well ? dodging logic

 But nevertheless still permanently surprised

 

 Behind a distant smile

 A distant smile

 A distant smile

 Somehow I always seem to be

 Adrift in other times behind a distant smile

 

 You will see (?)