Antarctica Songtext
von Al Stewart

Long before I ever saw the frost upon your face
I was haunted by your beauty and it drew me to this place
Felt the chill of mystery with one foot on your shore
And then and there resolved to go where no man had before
Maybe I was snow blind but it seemed the wind spoke true
And I believed its stories then as dreamers sometimes do

In Antarctica
In Antarctica


Who knows what the powers may be that cause a man to go
Mindless of the dangers out across the virgin snow
Seduced by this ambition I easily forgot
The hopeless quest of Shackleton, the dreamlike death of Scott
Maybe I was snow blind but it seemed your voice was true
And I believed the story then as travelers sometimes do

In Antarctica
In Antarctica

And maybe I was snow blind, perhaps it sapped my will
But something of my innocence is wandering there still

In Antarctica
In Antarctica

Antarctica
Antarctica