# Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Nadine Vega (born 11 July 1959) is an American singer-songwriter known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.

## Song lyrics
### Suzanne Vega (1985)

* The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door, He said "I am not fighting for you any more."
** The Queen and the Soldier
* "I've watched your palace up here on the hill And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will Only first I am asking you why.
** The Queen and the Soldier
* I have swallowed a secret burning thread.
** The Queen and the Soldier
* I won't march again on your battlefield.
** The Queen and the Soldier
* If you were to kill me now right here, I would still look you in the eye
** In the Eye

### Left of Center (1986)

(written by Suzanne Vega and Steve Addabbo)
* And when they ask me, "What are you looking at?" I always answer, "Nothing much" (Not much)
** Left of Center
* I think they know that I'm looking at them I think they think I must be out of touch But I'm only In the outskirts And in the fringes On the edge And off the avenue And if you want me You can find me Left of center Wondering about you
** Left of Center

### Solitude Standing (1987)

(All lyrics were written by Suzanne Vega except where noted)
* 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 argue he is looking out the window at somebody coming in.
** Tom's Diner
* "It is always nice to see you" Says the man behind the counter To the woman who has come in She is shaking her umbrella And I look the other way As they are kissing their hellos And I'm pretending not to see them
** Tom's Diner
* I open up the paper, there's the story of an actor who had died while he was drinking, it was no one I had heard of.
** Tom's Diner
* My name is Luka. I live on the second floor. I live upstairs from you. Yes, I think you've seen me before.
** Luka
* If you hear something late at night, Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight, Just don't ask me what it was.
** Luka
* They only hit until you cry, After that, you don't ask why.
** Luka
* The light and sweet coffee color of her skin
** Ironbound / Fancy Poultry by Suzanne Vega & Anton Sanko
* Kids will grow like weeds on a fence She says they look for the light, they try to make sense They come up through the cracks like grass on the tracks She touches him goodbye
** Ironbound / Fancy Poultry by Suzanne Vega & Anton Sanko
* By day give thanks By night beware Half the world in sweetness The other in fear
** Night Vision by Suzanne Vega and Anton Sanko
* When the darkness takes you With her hand across your face Don't give in too quickly Find the thing she's erased
** Night Vision by Suzanne Vega and Anton Sanko
* 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
** Solitude Standing by Vega, Sanko, Shulman, Michael Visceglia, Stephen Ferrera
* And she turns to me with her hand extended Her palm is split with a flower, with a flame ...And she says, "I've come to set a twisted thing straight", And she says, "I've come to lighten this dark heart"
** Solitude Standing by Vega, Sanko, Shulman, Michael Visceglia, Stephen Ferrera
* If language were liquid It would be rushing in Instead here we are In a silence more eloquent Than any word could ever be These words are too solid They don't move fast enough To catch the blur in the brain That flies by and is gone.
** Language by Vega & Mike Visceglia
* I'd like to meet you In a timeless, placeless place Somewhere out of context And beyond all consequences ...And we'll sit in the silence (That flies by and is gone) That comes rushing in And is gone
** Language by Vega & Mike Visceglia
* 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 other now As part of the whole design
** Gypsy
* You're the jester of this courtyard With a smile like a girl's Distracted by the women With the dimples and the curls By the pretty and the mischievous By the timid and the blessed By the blowing skirts of ladies Who promise to gather you to their breast
** Gypsy

### Days of Open Hand (1990)

(All lyrics were written by Suzanne Vega except where noted)
* Oh Mom, the old man is telling me something His eyes are wide and his mouth is thin And I just can't hear what he's saying Oh Mom, I wonder when I'll be waking It's just that there's so much to do And I'm tired of sleeping
** Tired of Sleeping
* Those whole girls... Breathe with ease Need no mercy Move in light Run in grace
** Those Whole Girls (Run in Grace)
* Travel, arrival Years of an inch and a step toward a source I'm coming to you I'll be there in time
** Pilgrimage by Suzanne Vega & Anton Sanko

## External links

* Official website
* Audio interview with Suzanne Vega on the Sodajerker On Songwriting podcast
* Suzanne Vega on A&M Records
* Suzanne Vega on IMDb
* Love Songs review by SLUG Magazine (23 March 2010)
* Suzanne Vega recording of 'Streets of Laredo' for Pioneers for a Cure
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