The Magic Wasn't There

by Clive James and Pete Atkin

With just a word, a single sign of care
With just a touch, I could have been beguiled
But circumstances never smiled
Because the magic wasn't there

Who was it then, the poet who once said
"How beautiful they are, the trains you miss"?
So time can't put an end to this
I have the memory instead

These nothing scenes are still experience
You even weep for what did not take place
Events that don't occur are still events
Some people vanish with a trace

With just a word, a single sign of care
With just a touch, I could have been beguiled
But circumstances never smiled
Because the magic wasn't there

With just a word, a single sign of care
With just a touch, I could have been beguiled
But circumstances never smiled
And now what never happened drives me wild
Because the magic wasn't there
The magic wasn't there
The magic wasn't there