The Magic Wasn't There
Lyric by Clive James, music by Pete Atkin
With just a word, a single sign of care
With just a touch, I could have been beguiled
But circumstances never smiled
Because the magic wasn't there
Who was it then, the poet who once said
"How beautiful they are, the trains you miss"?
So time can't put an end to this
I have the memory instead
These nothing scenes are still experience
You even weep for what did not take place
Events that don't occur are still events
Some people vanish with a trace
With just a word, a single sign of care
With just a touch, I could have been beguiled
But circumstances never smiled
Because the magic wasn't there
With just a word, a single sign of care
With just a touch, I could have been beguiled
But circumstances never smiled
And now what never happened drives me wild
Because the magic wasn't there
The magic wasn't there
The magic wasn't there
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