Philby by Rory Gallagher
Now ain't it strange that I feel (1)________ Philby,
There's a stranger in my soul,
I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city,
I can't come in from the cold,
I'm deep in (2)____________ on a secret mission,
Contact's (3)____________ down,
Time drags by, I'm (4)__________ suspicion,
There's a voice on the telephone
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well it (5)________ is dark in this clockwork city,
Contact's never gonna show,
I've got a code which can't be broken,
My eyes never (6)________ to close,
Well, I'm standing here in the silent city,
Shadows (7)______________ down,
I'm disconnected but I don't need pity,
The night's gonna burn on slow.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now ain't it funny that I (8)________ (9)________ Philby,
A (10)________________ on a foreign shore,
I've got my (11)__________ and I (12)________ move quickly,
There's a knock (13)________ the door,
Still in transit and I'm close to danger,
My cover can't be blown,
It's getting strange and it's getting crazy,
Tell me, what is going on?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Four o'clock and nothing's moving,
Six o'clock and the daylight's stirring,
A Morning comes, (14)________ be moving on.
All (15)__________ long my mind's (16)________ burning,
Makes me (17)________ such a long, long way from home,
Now ain't it (18)______________ that I (19)________ like Philby,
There's a (20)________________ in my soul
I'm lost in (21)______________ in a lonesome city
I can't come in from the (22)________
There's a stranger in my soul,
I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city,
I can't come in from the cold,
I'm deep in (2)____________ on a secret mission,
Contact's (3)____________ down,
Time drags by, I'm (4)__________ suspicion,
There's a voice on the telephone
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well it (5)________ is dark in this clockwork city,
Contact's never gonna show,
I've got a code which can't be broken,
My eyes never (6)________ to close,
Well, I'm standing here in the silent city,
Shadows (7)______________ down,
I'm disconnected but I don't need pity,
The night's gonna burn on slow.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now ain't it funny that I (8)________ (9)________ Philby,
A (10)________________ on a foreign shore,
I've got my (11)__________ and I (12)________ move quickly,
There's a knock (13)________ the door,
Still in transit and I'm close to danger,
My cover can't be blown,
It's getting strange and it's getting crazy,
Tell me, what is going on?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Four o'clock and nothing's moving,
Six o'clock and the daylight's stirring,
A Morning comes, (14)________ be moving on.
All (15)__________ long my mind's (16)________ burning,
Makes me (17)________ such a long, long way from home,
Now ain't it (18)______________ that I (19)________ like Philby,
There's a (20)________________ in my soul
I'm lost in (21)______________ in a lonesome city
I can't come in from the (22)________
Answers:
(1) like(2) action(3) broken(4) above(5) sure(6) seem(7) falling(8) feel(9) like(10) stranger(11) plans(12) must(13) upon(14) must(15) night(16) been(17) feel(18) strange(19) feel(20) stranger(21) transit(22) cold