Slender Threads by Peter Hammill Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I saw your picture in the Evening Standard
You were wearing your battle dress
Oh, well, I really must confess
That I shed a silent smile for you--
It had really blown my mind
And I wonder, are you still so kind?
Are you still so pure?
There are other rhymes around here somewhere
But I'm not too sure how they fit...

[Verse 2]
Oh, Jenny, penny for your thoughts
I wonder how you're thinking now;
I hesitate to visualise;
Our worlds are much too different
That's a sign of the times
But time was when I read your cards
And wrote the numbers while you were in the dust;
I can't remember what they were but, anyhow
I missed the cusp
So, so long, and so, goodbye
Do you think I'd recognise you by your hair or by your mind now?
[Bridge]
Well, we start out together
But the paths all divide;
When there are no more crossroads
I open my eyes
And find I'm walking on alone
Through the snowy cold...
Yes, and I wonder if I'll make it through the night?

[Verse 3]
I'm an author and an actor too;
You're a model in the zoo...
I'm just thinking on which side of the bars am I looking through
If I prophesied an avalanche
Would you wait and call my bluff?
If I gave you just a little song
Would that be enough to save your life
Or is the knife already turning in my hand?