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

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

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

The Queen And The Soldier Suzanne Vega

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.

The Queen And The Soldier (Live) Suzanne Vega

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Rosemary Suzanne Vega

How the women selling rosemary pressed the branches to your chest, promised luck and all the rest, and put their fingers in your hair?

Song Of The Stoic Suzanne Vega

my father down Inside the hallway of our home 18 years of pain Upon my body to the bone Demons lived inside of him They forced him to the act The layers of the bruises To my body was the fact Ooooh I grew

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.

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?"

Ludlow Street Suzanne Vega

Love is the only thing that matters. Love is the only thing that's real. I know we hear this every day. It's still the hardest thing to feel.

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

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

Stockings Suzanne Vega

upon the threads of recent slumbers Do you know where friendship ends and passion does begin?

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

Crack In The Wall Suzanne Vega

With field and forest, clouds and sun Cascades of salt water falling.

Some Journey Suzanne Vega

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

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

(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

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