As You Are Now Suzanne Vega

I will take up all your tears Salty tissues through the years Spread them in the sun to dry Diamonds from each time you cry I will treasure all your teeth Your laughter and the pearls beneath Keep them

The Queen And The Soldier Suzanne Vega

He said, "I see you now, and you are so very young And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won And now will you tell me why?"

The Queen And The Soldier (Live) Suzanne Vega

He said, "I see you now, and you are so very young And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won And now will you tell me why?"

Marlene on the Wall Suzanne Vega

Even if I am in love with you All this to say, what\'s it to you?

Silver Bridge Suzanne Vega

departed Of sorrow and of sympathy Into that land uncharted The old man turned away from me The stairway he ascended I heard his struggle through the night with Saturn’s hand extended All those nights when you

Some Journey Suzanne Vega

If we had met some eastbound train Through some black sleeping town Would you have worn your silken robes All made of royal blue? Would I have dressed in smoke and fire For you to see through?

As Girls Go Suzanne Vega

You make a really good girl As girls go Still kind of look like a guy I never thought to wonder why If I could pull this off Would I know for certain The real situation Behind the curtain

Song Of The Stoic Suzanne Vega

I am a man I’ve been working all my days This is my accounting Of my means and of my ways More years are behind me now Than years that are ahead Looking back I feel This is my story to be said I faced

Gypsy (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

You come from far away With pictures in your eyes Of coffee shops and morning streets In the blue and silent sunrise But night is the cathedral Where we recognized the sign We strangers know each

Gypsy Suzanne Vega

You come from far away With pictures in your eyes Of coffeeshops and morning streets In the blue and silent sunrise But night is the cathedral Where we recognized the sign We strangers know each

It Makes Me Wonder Suzanne Vega

The virgin mary on a chain Has hit me in the mouth again As we explore the carnal score Of sacred and profane Sulky boy won't drink his milk Mothers breast beneath the silk Remains untouched it's way too

Song In Red And Grey Suzanne Vega

The reproach in your daughter's most beautiful face made me wonder just how she could know of that something that happened between you and me so much more than a long time ago Her mother, I can see

Songs In Red and Gray (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

The reproach in your daughter's most beautiful face made me wonder just how she could know of that something that happened between you and me so much more than a long time ago Her mother, I can see

Songs In Red and Gray Suzanne Vega

the reproach in your daughter's most beautiful face made me wonder just how she could know of that something that happened between you and me so much more than a long time ago her mother, I can see, lives

Harbor Song Suzanne Vega

I dreamed you were a rich man and that I had no place to go I came to you to see if you would take me in through golden curtains you told me you'd let me know.

Harbor Song (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

I dreamed you were a rich man and that I had no place to go I came to you to see if you would take me in through golden curtains you told me you'd let me know.

Ironbound / Fancy Poultry Suzanne Vega

Ironbound / Fancy Poultry In the ironbound section near Avenue L where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell the clouds so low the morning so slow as the wires cut through the sky The beams

Headshots Suzanne Vega

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

Solitaire (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

Come and sit down, won't you try your luck. See if you unwind. Never use your threes and twos. Follow superstition. Otherwise you are going to lose. Compulsion makes you listen.

Solitaire Suzanne Vega

Come and sit down, won't you try your luck. See if you unwind. Never use your threes and twos. Follow superstition. Otherwise you are going to lose. Compulsion makes you listen.

As A Child Suzanne Vega

As a child You have a doll You see this doll Sitting in her chair You watch her face Her knees apart Her eyes of glass In a secretive stare She seems to She seems to She seems to Have

Blood Sings Suzanne Vega

own It sings to see itself again It sings to hear the voice it's known It sings to recognize the face One body split and passed along the line From the shoulder to the hip I know these bones as

99.9 Degrees Farenheit Suzanne Vega

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

99.9F Suzanne Vega

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

99.9F° Suzanne Vega

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

99.9 F° Suzanne Vega

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

Last Years Troubles Suzanne Vega

Last year's troubles are so old fashioned the robber on the highway the pirate on the seas maybe it's the clothing that's so entertaining the earrings and swashbuckling blouses that please here we have

Jacob And The Angel Suzanne Vega

The angel came to Jacob The room began to glow Jacob asked the angel Are you friend or are you foe The angel never answered But smote him on the thigh They wrestled through the darkness Till morning filled

Unbound Suzanne Vega

returned Into the ground Every day I watched it grow Every day It struggled so Roots were bound, the roots were bound The roots were bound into the ground Watched it grow, watched it grow Watched it as

World Before Columbus Suzanne Vega

It would be as flat as the world before Columbus That's the day that I lose half my sight If your life were taken from me All the trees would freeze in this cold ground It would be as cruel as the

Anniversary Suzanne Vega

Thick with ghosts, the wind whips round in circuitries Carrying words as strangers exchange pleasantries Do they intrude upon your private reveries As they meet you on each corner Meet you on each

Zephyr & I Suzanne Vega

Zephyr and 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

Tom\'s Diner (feat. DNA) Suzanne Vega

[Tom\'s diner] by Suzanne Vega I am sitting in the morning At the diner on the corner I am waiting at the counter For the man to pour the coffee And he fills it only halfway And before I even

Tom's Diner Suzanne Vega

corner I am waiting at the counter for the man to pour the coffee And he fills it only half way and before I even argue He is looking out the window at somebody coming in "It's always nice to see you

Solitude Standing Suzanne Vega

<Solitude Standing> Solitude stands by the window She turns her head as I walk in the room I can see by her eyes she's been waiting Standing in the slant of the late afternoon And she turns

Crack In The Wall Suzanne Vega

I asked again without my pride And found I’d lost that world I’d lived Returned as one now broken, To a crumb, a rag, a withered leaf In the chilly winds of cold relief I knew myself as

Widow's Walk (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Vega - Widow's Walk Consider me a widow, boys and I will tell you why. It's not the man, but it's the marriage that was drowned.

Widow's Walk Suzanne Vega

Consider me a widow, boys And I will tell you why. It's not the man, but it's the marriage That was drowned.

Book & A Cover Suzanne Vega

What's that they told you About a book & a cover? Don't judge so quickly, Is it too much too remember? 'cause pictures lie, You know. I'll show It's so. Just give it one thought.

Undertow (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

I believe right now if I could I would swallow you whole I would leave only bones and teeth We could see what was underneath And you would be free then Once I thought only tears could make us free Like

Penitent Suzanne Vega

Once I stood alone so proud Held myself above the crowd And now I'm low on the ground. From here I look around to see What avenues belong to me I can't tell what I've found.

Don't Uncork What You Can't Contain Suzanne Vega

A man finds a bottle on the bottom shelf Forgotten and covered in dust The label is already half worn off Still, open it up he must As the corkscrew into the cork it goes He hears the weird refrain Do

Soap And Water Suzanne Vega

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

Woman On The Tier (I'll See You Through) (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

These men are hard. I see your fate. I'll see you You through. Ice within. You're new to me. I'm new to you. And it's all cement in the government. Approved?

Woman On The Tier (I'll See You Through) Suzanne Vega

These men are hard. I see your fate. I'll see you You through. Ice within. You're new to me. I'm new to you. And it's all cement in the government. Approved?

Woman On The Tier (I\'ll See You Through) (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

I hear the click. these men are hard. I\'ll see your face through bar and guard. You\'re new to me. i\'m new to you. I see your fate. i\'ll see you You through. Ice within.

Tom`s Diner Suzanne Vega

따라주길 기다리고 있지 And he fill it only halfway and before I even argue 점원이 잔을 반만 채우길래 뭐라 따지려고 했더니 he is looking out the window at somebody coming in 그는 창 밖에 누가 오는 걸 쳐다보는 거야 'It is always nice to see you

Calypso Suzanne Vega

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

Language Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Vega If language were liquid Instead here we are It would be rushing in In a silence more eloquent Words are too solid Than any word could ever be They don't move fast enough To catch the blur

Left Of Center Suzanne Vega

If you want me You can find me Left of center Off of the strip In the fringes In the outskirts In the corner Out of the grip When they ask me "Nothing much" (not much) "What are you looking at?"