Music & lyrics by 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.

What's that they taught you?
To revere a kind of beauty?
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.

Come here and I will whisper true
About the things I know of you,
And you will recognize them,
Always...

As near to you as breath and bone,
So dear to me, and yours alone,
And I will love you for them,
Always...

What's that they tell you
About a book & a cover?
Don't judge so quickly.
They'll tell you one thing and then another.
But see what lies
Within,
Under the skin.
Just give it one thought.

• Black Widow Station
• Book a Cover
• Brother Mine
• Daniella
• Feather & Bone
• First Day Out
• Freezing
• Harbor Song
• Just Friends
• Left of Center
• Lightning
• Men Will Be Men
• Night Song
• Not Me
• One World
• Private Goes Public
• Rosemary
• Salt Water
• Soap & Water
• The Boulevardiers
• The Marching Dream
• The Rent Song
• The Silver Lady
• Widow's Walk
• Woman on The Tier