Тексты песен «Suzanne Vega»

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?...

This line is burning Turning to ash as it hits the air Every step is a day in the week It's a Sunday or Monday A march over months of the year This life is burning Turning to ash as it hits the air Every death is an...

She's a pornographer's dream, he said. I knew what he meant. But it made me imagine: what kind of a dream He would have, that hadn't been spent? Would he still dream of the thigh? of the flesh upon high? What he saw so...

"She's a pornographer's dream", he said I knew what he meant But it made me imagine What kind of a dream he would have That hadn't been spent Would he still dream of the thigh The flesh upon high what he saw so much...

She's a pornographer's dream, he said. I knew what he meant. But it made me imagine: what kind of a dream He would have, that hadn't been spent? Would he still dream of the thigh? of the flesh upon high? What he saw so...

He stood upon the last bastions of the place looked out on the ruins with thunder in his face. An introverted spectacle in the flowers on the rocks the daisies on the ramparts blowing free. His heart was divided...

Let's tell the future Let's see how it's been done. By numbers. By mirrors. By water. By dots made at random on paper. By salt. By dice. By meal. By mice. By dough of cakes. By sacrificial fire. By fountains. By...

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 of chiffon...

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

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 see If you turn from me You...

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 see If you turn from me you...

Somewhere in a room With a poster on a wall Of a man with his hand In a fist Is a woman who's drinking And her dress is so tight You can see every breath That she takes Every sigh, every sway You can hear everything...

Music & lyrics by suzanne vega Do you remember when you walked with me Down the street into the square? How the women selling rosemary Pressed the branches to your chest, Promised luck and all the rest,...

Now the time has come to speak I was not able And water through a rusted pipe Could make the sense that I do Gurgle, mutter Hiss, stutter Moan the words like water Rush and foam and choke Having waited This long of a...

Tide came in And then went out And left behind In hollow places Cradled once And cooling twice You feel the sting of Salt water Wave goes back And leaves the sand It's high and barren Dry and wasting

My heart is full today For the recently 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...

Today I am A small blue thing Like a marble Or an eye With my knees against my mouth I am perfectly round I am watching you I am cold against your skin You are perfectly reflected I am lost inside your pocket I am...

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 to a vinegar...

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. Otherwise you are going to...

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