[ti:Helen And Cassandra]
[ar:Al Stewart]
[al:Last Days Of The Century]
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[00:00.00]Helen and Cassandra - Al Stewart
[00:14.98]According to the myths and legends
[00:17.87]At the fringes of our memory
[00:21.87]Paris stole the queen of Sparta
[00:25.32]And carried her across the sea
[00:28.88]As they fled he never dreamt
[00:32.02]That he held the world in his grip
[00:37.92]Helen the face that
[00:40.31]Launched a thousand ships
[00:44.82]Helen the face that
[00:47.01]Launched a thousand ships
[00:55.04]From Mycenae comes Agamemnon
[00:58.45]And the Greeks of the city-states
[01:02.35]Laden with their bronzen weapons
[01:05.79]They're waiting at the Trojan Gates
[01:09.25]As the arrow flies and Achilles falls
[01:12.67]Does she raise the wind to her lips
[01:18.35]Helen the face that
[01:20.81]Launched a thousand ships
[01:25.35]Helen the face that
[01:27.61]Launched a thousand ships
[01:32.23]It's funny how the story lingers
[01:35.69]It's probably a myth of course
[01:39.23]A whisper in the ear of Homer
[01:42.75]Perhaps there never was a horse
[01:46.27]She could have turned
[01:47.87]The head of Paris
[01:49.71]With the gentle sway of her hips
[01:55.38]Helen the face
[01:57.41]That launched a thousand ships
[02:05.10]Oh Cassandra what did you know
[02:12.87]You who bring bad news wherever you go
[02:19.34]You had the gift to see the future
[02:23.08]From Apollo so it's said
[02:26.60]And he made no one believe you
[02:30.14]When you would not share his bed
[02:33.28]Oh Cassandra what did you see
[02:40.76]As you walked the lonely
[02:42.65]Road of your certainty
[02:43.41]Gazing at the ruined city
[02:48.13]That your warnings could not save
[02:54.43]Oh Cassandra
[02:57.56]So still and so grave Cassandra
[03:49.92]The Bronze Age kingdoms tumble
[03:53.33]The cities fade one by one
[03:56.82]The walls of Mycenae crumble
[04:00.37]The Dark Age has begun
[04:03.92]And the truth is lost
[04:05.57]In the ancient dust
[04:07.32]Yet the memory forever persists
[04:12.80]Of Helen the face that
[04:15.62]Launched a thousand ships
[04:20.08]Helen
[04:21.56]The face that launched a thousand ships