All Things Change Songtext
von Ralph McTell

The bar is dressed for Christmas with coloured lights
Renee the landlady looks so nice tonight
And the lights flickering like her smile
And she still wears her hair in the 1940s style
She prefers it that way
Though it′s turned from red to grey
All things change
The only one who looks the same

Is the fairy on the Christmas tree


Big Eddie and his songs are growing old
The piano player blames his fingers, says they're freezing cold
And the tinsel hardly shines
On the faded paper chains that limply hang in lines
With the laughter in the air
That is breathed and that is shared
But people change
The only one who stays the same

Is the fairy on the Christmas tree

Outside by the wall where snails have crawled
Leaving tinsel trails shining in the moonlight
Here lovers promising nothing′s ever gonna change
The things they share
Breathing promises of cloudy vapour
Disappearing in the frosty Christmas air
All things change
The only one who stays the same

Is the fairy on the Christmas tree