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Philby by Rory Gallagher

Now ain't it strange that I feel (1)________ Philby,
There's a (2)________________ in my soul,
I'm lost in (3)______________ in a lonesome city,
I can't come in from the cold,
I'm (4)________ in action on a (5)____________ 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 sure 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 (8)__________ (9)________ I feel like Philby,
A (10)________________ on a foreign shore,
I've got my plans and I (11)________ move quickly,
There's a knock (12)________ the door,
Still in transit and I'm close to danger,
My cover can't be blown,
It's (13)______________ strange and it's getting crazy,
Tell me, (14)________ is (15)__________ on?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Four o'clock and nothing's moving,
Six o'clock and the daylight's stirring,
A (16)______________ comes, (17)________ be moving on.
All (18)__________ long my mind's been burning,
Makes me (19)________ (20)________ a long, (21)________ way from home,

Now ain't it (22)______________ that I feel like Philby,
There's a stranger in my soul
I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city
I can't (23)________ in from the (24)________
Answers:
(1) like(2) stranger(3) transit(4) deep(5) secret(6) seem(7) falling(8) funny(9) that(10) stranger(11) must(12) upon(13) getting(14) what(15) going(16) Morning(17) must(18) night(19) feel(20) such(21) long(22) strange(23) come(24) cold