Philby by Rory Gallagher
Now ain't it (1)______________ that I (2)________ like Philby,
There's a stranger in my soul,
I'm lost in (3)______________ in a lonesome city,
I can't come in from the cold,
I'm deep in (4)____________ on a secret mission,
Contact's broken down,
Time drags by, I'm above 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 (6)__________ show,
I've got a code which can't be broken,
My eyes never (7)________ to close,
Well, I'm (8)________________ here in the silent city,
Shadows falling down,
I'm disconnected but I don't (9)________ pity,
The night's gonna burn on slow.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now ain't it funny that I feel (10)________ Philby,
A stranger on a foreign shore,
I've got my plans and I (11)________ (12)________ quickly,
There's a (13)__________ upon the door,
Still in (14)______________ and I'm (15)__________ to danger,
My cover can't be blown,
It's getting (16)______________ 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, must be moving on.
All night (17)________ my mind's (18)________ burning,
Makes me (19)________ (20)________ a long, long way from home,
Now ain't it strange that I feel like Philby,
There's a stranger in my soul
I'm lost in transit in a (21)________________ city
I can't come in from the (22)________
There's a stranger in my soul,
I'm lost in (3)______________ in a lonesome city,
I can't come in from the cold,
I'm deep in (4)____________ on a secret mission,
Contact's broken down,
Time drags by, I'm above 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 (6)__________ show,
I've got a code which can't be broken,
My eyes never (7)________ to close,
Well, I'm (8)________________ here in the silent city,
Shadows falling down,
I'm disconnected but I don't (9)________ pity,
The night's gonna burn on slow.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now ain't it funny that I feel (10)________ Philby,
A stranger on a foreign shore,
I've got my plans and I (11)________ (12)________ quickly,
There's a (13)__________ upon the door,
Still in (14)______________ and I'm (15)__________ to danger,
My cover can't be blown,
It's getting (16)______________ 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, must be moving on.
All night (17)________ my mind's (18)________ burning,
Makes me (19)________ (20)________ a long, long way from home,
Now ain't it strange that I feel like Philby,
There's a stranger in my soul
I'm lost in transit in a (21)________________ city
I can't come in from the (22)________
Answers:
(1) strange(2) feel(3) transit(4) action(5) sure(6) gonna(7) seem(8) standing(9) need(10) like(11) must(12) move(13) knock(14) transit(15) close(16) strange(17) long(18) been(19) feel(20) such(21) lonesome(22) cold