Delia's Gone - Al Stewart

Delia’s gone

And the days they run so slow

Here in the islands

Delia’s gone

It’s the only thing you know

Here in the silence

Fine rain combs the sand

The first breath of winter across the land

Try but you won’t understand

How she could slip right through your hands

Delia’s gone

Delia’s friends no longer come to call

What can they say now

Delia’s pictures are hanging on the wall

You can’t look away now

Dream figures with moons for eyes

Stare from under an alien sky

Seem to watch as you pass them by

If they should know, they won’t say why

Delia’s gone

Delia’s gone like a darkening of the sky

A change in the weather

Delia’s gone like a moment out of time

Maybe forever

Lines of coffee cups on parade

Soldiers for keeping the night away

Soon, too soon, you’ll be moving out

There’s nothing here to hold you now

Delia’s gone

Delia left Tony

On a hot summer night

She would not go for him and so

He shot her down at sight

Delia gone, one more round, Delia gone!