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.

Book Of Dreams Suzanne Vega

In my book of dreams In my book of dreams In my book of dreams I took your urgent whisper Stole the arc of a white wing Rode like foam on the river of pity Turned its tide to strength Healed the

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

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

Crack In The Wall Suzanne Vega

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.

Casual Match Suzanne Vega

Against the flame I see The outline of a man against a night Take back your sympathy I do not need to drink that bitter stuff I'd rather break the thread That bound us close, and say we called a bluff

If I Were A Weapon Suzanne Vega

oooh if I were a weapon you said I'd be a gun lethal at close range i guess with silencer and stun but I feel more like a needle always pulling on the thread always making the same point again and wondering

Soap And Water Suzanne Vega

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 the line scour it down in a wind of sand bleach it clean

Machine Ballerina Suzanne Vega

a thing on a string to be thrown and retrieved like a phone call received on somebody's birthday to tease and delight and then say goodnight and then just say goodbye? Am I a toy on a tray ?

Song Of Sand Suzanne Vega

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

Solitude Standing Suzanne Vega

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 to me with her hand extended Her palm is split with a

Solitaire (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

It's a tic of a tired mind. 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.

Solitaire Suzanne Vega

It's a tic of a tired mind. 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.

Gypsy (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

shops and morning streets In the blue and silent sunrise But night is the cathedral Where we recognized the sign We strangers know each other now As part of the whole design Oh, hold me like a

Gypsy Suzanne Vega

coffeeshops and morning streets In the blue and silent sunrise But night is the cathedral Where we recognized the sign We strangers know each other now As part of the whole design Oh, hold me like a

Cracking Suzanne Vega

It's a one time thing It just happens A lot Walk with me What we have got And we will see Ah...My footsteps are ticking Like water dripping from a tree Walking a hairline And stepping very carefully Hearing

Honeymoon Suite Suzanne Vega

the ceiling had a painting on it in our room in France so we were living underneath some angels in a dance and so we went to bed my husband was not feeling well he woke up complaining of an aching in his

Fat Man & Dancing Girl Suzanne Vega

I stand in a wide flat land No shadow or shade of a doubt Whore the megaphone man Met the girl with her hand that's Covering most of her mouth Fall in love with a bright idea And the way a world

Neighborhood Girls (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

think you know your Neighborhood girl, she Lives on my street, now, with Eyes of ice Walking in the sun I've seen her in the morning, when she is And I always thought that she Looked kind of nice At a

Thin Man Suzanne Vega

His hand is on my back when I step from the sidewalk Or when I'm walking down these darkened halls He's the Thin Man With a date for me To arrive at some point I don't know when it will be I can

(If You Were) In My Movie Suzanne Vega

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

Knight Moves (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

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

(I'll Never Be Your) Maggie May Suzanne Vega

one you loved and left behind The face you see in light of day And then you cast away That isn't me in that bed you'll find I'd rather take myself away Be like those ladies in Japan Rather paint myself a

Lolita Suzanne Vega

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

Horizon (There Is A Road) Suzanne Vega

There is a road Beyond this one It’s called the path We don’t yet take I can feel how it longs To be entered upon It calls to me with a cry And an ache As we go along this one And we live the way we do

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

Wooden Horse (Casper Hauser's Song) Suzanne Vega

I came out of the darkness A small white wooden horse I'd been holding inside Holding one thing If you could tell them this And when I'm dead What was wood became alive That what was wood became alive

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

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 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

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

Priscilla Suzanne Vega

she'd come to my house and dance in the hall with the music up loud against the light on the wall I danced beside her feeling no shame we were in costume and this was a game she'd put on her skirt of layers

Portrait Of The Knight Of Wands Suzanne Vega

t say but shown within the wider lens of history his mission the transmission of technology one cannon trained upon the church this one caught his eye to keep the bishop in his place he muttered with a

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

Private Goes Public Suzanne Vega

Smile no smile Jerk like a thing on a string And go join the parade On this face today It won't help to win friends Influence strangers Code will keep your privacy in Or otherwise be in the swim Mask will

Small Blue Thing Suzanne Vega

Today i am a small blue thing Like a marble or an eye With my knees aginst my mouth I am perectly round I am watching you I am cold aginst your skin You are perfectly reflected Iam lost inside

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.

(I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May Suzanne Vega

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 away Be like those ladies in Japan I'd rather paint myself a

In Liverpool Suzanne Vega

traffic On the avenue The light is pale and thin Like you No sound, down In this part of town Except for the boy in the belfry He's crazy, he's throwing himself Down from the top of the tower Like a

No Cheap Thrill Suzanne Vega

No Cheap Thrill (Music & Lyrics by Suzanne Vega) Ante up. And don’t be shy. Who is that man who is catching my eye? What’s unde eath all of the deadpan face?

New York Is A Woman Suzanne Vega

New York City spread herself before you With her bangles and her spangles and her stars You were impressed with a city so undressed You had to go out cruising all the bars Your business trip extended through

Undertow (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

free then Once I thought only tears could make us free Like sand against the stone Salt wearing down to the bone Against the shoreline I am friend to the undertow And now I have you From the edge of a

Blood Makes Noise Suzanne Vega

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

Birth-Day (Love Made Real) Suzanne Vega

begins at your knees and goes right to your head birth-day strap me down from wrist to heel I wait to meet my love made real one thing I know this day will go shake all over like an old sick dog there's a

My Favorite Plum Suzanne Vega

shines it will be so sweet I've been so dry it would make my heart complete See how it lays languid and slow Never noticing me here below I've seen the best, yes and that is the one for me Maybe a

Straight Lines (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

There's a sound Across the alley Touching skin Of cold metalAnd you can see That she has gone and cut If you look in her window Her hair again In straight lines Straight lines Those soft golden lights

Laying On Of Hands/Stoic 2 Suzanne Vega

What I often wonder is how she kept from hearing love’s demands If in her loneliness she ever dreamed of following earthly commands, oh yeah Mother Theresa understood the laying on of hands Touch is a

As You Are Now Suzanne Vega

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 in a

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