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

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

Crack In The Wall Suzanne Vega

A wildish wind blew it open wide, My childish mind followed on outside, And so I found myself among My hearts delight surrounded.

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

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?"

Solitude Standing Suzanne Vega

to me with her hand extended Her palm is split with a flower a flame Solitude stands in the doorway And I'm struck once again by her black silhouette By her long cool stare and her silence I suddenly

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

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

Tom's Diner 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 half way and before I even argue He is looking out the window at

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 and

Jacob And The Angel Suzanne Vega

friend or are you foe The angel never answered But smote him on the thigh They wrestled through the darkness Till morning filled the sky This thing between us, has wings, it has teeth It has got horns and

Edith Wharton`s Figurines Suzanne Vega

edith wharton's lovely figurines still speak to me today from their mantlepiece in time where they wrestle and they play with passions and with prudences finances and fears her face and what its

Neighborhood Girls (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

Used to hang out, in front of McKinsey's Bar, and we were Clientele... "Oh she's gone?" Interested in her, and her "Yes, she's gone, gone, gone."

Blood Sings Suzanne Vega

When blood sees blood of its 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

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

Calypso Suzanne Vega

<Calypso> 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

Solitaire (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

Black on the red and the red on the black. 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.

Solitaire Suzanne Vega

Black on the red and the red on the black. 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.

Tired Of Sleeping Suzanne Vega

Oh Mum the dreams are not so bad It's just that there's so much to do And I'm tired of sleepin Oh Mum the old man is telling me something His eyes are wide and his mouth is thin and I just can't hear what

Bound Suzanne Vega

The way of the world Has taken its toll Ravaged my body And bitten my soul I am ruined by rain Weathered by wind I've been invaded Without and within And I ask I am asking you Asking you if you

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

My Favorite Plum Suzanne Vega

See how it sleeps and hear how it calls to me See how the flesh presses the skin, It must be bursting with secrets within, I've seen the rest, yes and that is the one for me See how it shines

Edith Wharton’s Figurines Suzanne Vega

Edith Wharton's lovely figurines Still speak to me today From their mantelpiece in time Where they wrestle and they play With passions and with prudences Finances and fears Her face - what it's worth

Angel’s Doorway Suzanne Vega

Angel comes home His clothes in a cloud Of the dust and the dirt and destruction She waits inside She knows he's arrived She feels this with no introduction [Chorus:] At angel's door You have to leave

World Before Columbus Suzanne Vega

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 world before Columbus Sail to the edge and

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

I'll never be your Maggie May The 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

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

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

Book & A Cover Suzanne Vega

To paint on that pretty veneer And try to hide whatever's dirty? Well, faces lie. You'll see No sympathy. Just give it one thought.

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

Loud fan and a big tin can. They've gone to get your man. Through gate 3 with picture ID. This old billfold 10 AM. Experiences security. I'll see your face through bar and guard. I hear the click.

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

Loud fan and a big tin can. They've gone to get your man. Through gate 3 with picture ID. This old billfold 10 AM. Experiences security. I'll see your face through bar and guard. I hear the click.

Tired Of Sleeping (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

Oh Mom, the dreams are not so bad It\'s just that there\'s so much to do And I\'m tired of sleeping Oh Mom, the old man is telling me something His eyes are wide and his mouth is thin And I just

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

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 away Be like those ladies

Bad Wisdom Suzanne Vega

Mother the doctor knows something is wrong Cause my body has strange information He's looked in my eyes and knows I'm not a child But he doesn't dare ask the right question Mother my friends are

Unbound Suzanne Vega

I knew a plant Whose roots were bound And then 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

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

Loud fan and a big tin can. Wait here. steer clear. They\'ve gone to get your man. 10 am. Through gate 3 with picture id. This old billfold Experiences security.

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.

Fool's Complaint Suzanne Vega

How I hate the Queen of Pentacles Sitting on her golden throne In her domestic tyranny All roads lead back to her alone The whole wide world is a great big drain And the vortex is her heart Her needs and

I Never Wear White 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

Tombstone Suzanne Vega

I like a tombstone cause it weathers well and if it stands or if it crumbles only time will tell there'll be no dancing on the gravestone you must cut it deep if you carve my name in marble you must let

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

Rock In This Pocket Suzanne Vega

Excuse me If I may Turn your attention My way One moment I won't plead It isn't much It's what I need And what's so small to you Is so large to me If it's the last thing I do I'll make you

Stockings Suzanne Vega

I don't care for tights, she says and does not tell me why She hikes her skirt above her knee revealing one brown thigh I see, I say, and wonder at her slender little fingers How cleverly they pull

Some Journey Suzanne Vega

Would I have dressed in smoke and fire For you to see through?

Rock In This Pocket (Song Of David) Suzanne Vega

Excuse me Turn your attention If I may My way One moment I won't plead It isn't much It's what I need And what's so small to you Is so large to me If it's the last thing I do You darken my sun I'll make

Frank & Ava Suzanne Vega

On the way to the bidet is when the trouble used to start It didn't mean she wasn't queen of the tinderbox that was his heart Her fire, his desire meant that everything must come undone And, so, now we

St. Clare (Album Version) Suzanne Vega

call on that saint and the candle that burns keeping her safe until her return plaster and paint holding the fire a poor woman's saint holding all man's desire bold little bird fly away home