Suzanne Vega

I never wear white White is for virgins Children in summer Brides in the park. My color is black black black Black is for secrets Outlaws and dancers For the poet of the dark. Black is the truth Of my situation. And for those of my station In life. A

A crack appeared inside a wall, A door sprang up around it. Each of these so finely drawn I could not believe I found it. A wildish wind blew it open wide, My childish mind followed on outside, And so I found myself among My hearts delight surrounded

If you were in my movie I'd have you as the doctor Small black bag And a big black coat I'd have you make a house call To the woman You could lay your Diagnostic hand Upon her belly and her throat If you were in my movie You could be the detective Yo

Men in a war If they've lost a limb Still feel that limb As they did before He lay on a cot He was drenched in a sweat He was mute and staring But feeling the thing He had not I know how it is When something is gone A piece of your eyesight Or maybe

The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door He said, "I am not fighting for you any more" The queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before And slowly she let him inside. He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill And I've

My name is Calypso and I have lived alone I live on an island and I waken to the dawn A long time ago I watched him struggle with the sea I knew that he was drowning and I brought him into me Now today come morning light, he sails away After one last

It's a one time thing It just happens A lot Walk with me And we will see What we have got Ah... My footsteps are ticking Like water dripping from a tree Walking a harline And stepping very carefully Ah... My heart is broken It is worn out at the knee

Lolita Lolita Almost grown Lolita Go on home Hey girl Don't be a dog all your life Don't beg for Some little crumb of affection Don't try To be somebody's wife So young You need a word of protection Lolita Almost grown Lolita Go on home Hey girl I've

Watch while the queen In one false move Turns herself into a pawn Sleepy and shaken And watching while the blury night Turns into a very clear dawn Do you love any, do you love none, Do you love many, can you love one, Do you love me? Do you love any

Suzanne Vega - Headshots (Nine Objects of Desire) The sign said "Headshots" And that was all, A picture of a boy And a number you could call Two eyes in the shade A mouth so sad and small It's strange the way a shadow Can fall across the wall An

Soap and water take the day from my hand scrub the salt from my stinging skin slip me loose of this wedding band Soap and water hang my heart on a line scour it down in a wind of sand bleach it clean to a vinegar shine Daddy's a dark riddle Mama's a

99.9 Fahrenheit degrees Stable now, with rising possibilities It could be normal but it isn't quite Could make you want to stay awake at night You seem to me like a man 0n the verge of burning 99.9 Fahrenheit degrees Pale as a candle and your face is

Think about the world you love Now think of where it wants to go All things you can see around you You can change them Rearrange them in your mind If you've heard tales of transformation Now then one two three, You could be the man who played god Ham

Zephyr & I stand out on West End Avenue Talking about the things that All of us used to do And the wind kicks up with the smell of rain The kids are gone but the souls remain Zephyr and I sort out our Long time memories Do you remember, he says, The

We go to the playground In the wintertime The sun is fading fast Upon the slides into the past Upon the swings of indecision In the wintertime In the dimming diamonds Scattering in the park In the tickling And the trembling Of freeze tag In the dark

If sand waves were sound waves What song would be in the air now What stinging tune Could split this endless noon And make the sky swell with rain If war were a game that a man or a child Could think of winning What kind of rule Can overthrow a fool

I'd like to help you doctor Yes i really really would But the din in my head It's too much and it's no good I'm standing in a windy tunnel Shouting through the roar And i'd like to give the information You're asking for But blood makes noise It's a r

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SUZANNE VEGA - Penitent Once I stood alone so proud held myself above the crowd now i am low on the ground. From here i look around to see what avenues belong to me I can't tell what ive found. Now what would You have me do i ask you please? I wait t

Suzanne Vega - (I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May (Songs in Red and Gray) I'll never be your Maggie May The one you loved and left behind The face you see in light of day Then you cast away That isn't me in that bed you'll find I'd rather take myself aw