Suzanne Vega

if your love were taken from me,
it could be as flat as world before columbus
every colour would be black and white
all the tree would freeze in this cold ground
if your life were taken from me
that's the day that i lose half my sight
it would be as cruel as world before columbus
sail to the edge and i'd be there looking down
those man who lust for land
and for riches strange and new
who love those trinkets of desire
or the copper in your hair
and they'll never know the gold
oh they never will have you
if your love were taken from me
it would be as dark as the world before columbus
how could they weigh the whort of you so rare
every lights that bright would soon go dim
those man who lust for land,and for riches strange and new
down the waterfall and i'd swim over the brim
who love those trinkets of desire,oh they will never have you

If your love were taken from me
Every color would be black and white
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 world before Columbus
Sail to the edge and I'd be there looking down

Those men who lust for land
And for riches strange and new
Who love those trinkets of desire
Oh they never will have you

And they'll never know the gold
Or the copper in your hair
How could they weigh the worth
Of you so rare

If your love were taken from me
Every light that's bright would soon go dim
It would be as dark as the world before Columbus
Down the waterfall and I'd swim over the brim

Those men who lust for land
And for riches strange and new
Who love those trinkets of desire
Oh they will never have you

And they'll never know the gold
Or the copper in your hair
How could they weigh the worth
Of you so rare

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 world before Columbus
Sail to the edge and I'd be there looking down
Those men who lust for land
And for riches strange and new
Who love those trinkets of desire
Oh they never will have you
And they'll never know the gold
Or the copper in your hair
How could they weigh the worth
Of you so rare
If your love were taken from me
Every light that's bright would soon go dim
It would be as dark as the world before Columbus
Down the waterfall and I'd swim over the brim
Those men who lust for land
And for riches strange and new
Who love those trinkets of desire
Oh they will never have you
And they'll never know the gold
Or the copper in your hair
How could they weigh the worth
Of you so rare

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 world before Columbus
Sail to the edge and I'd be there looking down
Those men who lust for land
And for riches strange and new
Who love those trinkets of desire
Oh they never will have you
And they'll never know the gold
Or the copper in your hair
How could they weigh the worth
Of you so rare
If your love were taken from me
Every light that's bright would soon go dim
It would be as dark as the world before Columbus
Down the waterfall and I'd swim over the brim
Those men who lust for land
And for riches strange and new
Who love those trinkets of desire
Oh they will never have you
And they'll never know the gold
Or the copper in your hair
How could they weigh the worth
Of you so rare

I came out of the darkness A small white wooden horse I'd been holding inside Holding one thing If you could tell them this And when I'm dead What was wood became alive That what was wood became alive In the night the walls disappeared In the day they returned "I want to be a rider like my father" Were the only words I could say And when I'm dead If you could tell them this What was wood became alive That what was wood became alive Alive A moving piece of sun And I fell under Freedom Holding one thing I know I have a power I am afraid I may be killed I came out of the darkness But when I'm dead What was wood became alive If you could tell them this That what was wood became alive Alive

I came out of the darkness
Holding one thing
A small white wooden horse
I'd been holding inside

And when I'm dead
If you could tell them this
That what was wood became alive
What was wood became alive

In the night the walls disappeared
In the day they returned
"I want to be a rider like my father"
Were the only words I could say

And when I'm dead
If you could tell them this
That what was wood became alive
What was wood became alive

Alive
And I fell under
A moving piece of sun
Freedom

I came out of the darkness
Holding one thing
I know I have a power
I am afraid I may be killed

But when I'm dead
If you could tell them this
That what was wood became alive
What was wood became alive
Alive

Too hot. No air. Wait here. Steer clear. 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. These men are hard. I see your fate. I'll see you You through. Ice within. You're new to me. I'm new to you. And it's all cement in the government. Approved? Then move To the plywood booth where the prisoner's sent. The letters on the door and you know what they're for. You read in red And the rattling chain's coming over the floor. You feel unreal. You're new to me. I'm new to you. I hear the clock. These walls are green. I see your face through tin and screen. I see your fate. I'll see you You through. Too hot. No air. Loud fan and a big tin can. Wait here. Steer clear. They've gone to get your man.

Consider me a widow, boys and I will tell you why. It's not the man, but it's the marriage that was drowned. and wait with watchful eye out to the sky, So I walk the walk Looking for a kind of vessel I have never found. Though I saw it splinter Like a dog with little sense, I keep looking out to sea, I did see the thing go down I keep returning, as if there's something at the site To the very area where I should be learning. We watch the wind and set the sail, That line is the horizon. point to fail. but save ourselves when all omens Though I grieve (and I believe If I tell the truth i feel it truly) then I will have to tell you this But I knew that ship was empty by the time it hit the rocks, we could not hold on when fate became unruly. So consider me a widow, boys, and I have told you why. a better day is nearing? Does the weather say and wait upon the Will It's clear that I need I'll set my house in order now better skill in steering... That line is the horizon. We watch the wind and set the sail, But save ourselves when all omens point to fail.

When heroes go down
They go down fast
So don't expect any time to
Equivocate the past
When heroes go down
They land in flame

Settling of blame
So don't expect any slow and careful

I heard you say
You look out for the feet of clay
Without the chance
That someone will be falling next
For last respects

You feel the disappointment
When heroes go down
Man or woman revealed
On the battlefield

You can't expect any kind of mercy
I heard you say
You look out for the feet of clay
Without the chance for last respects
That someone will be falling next
You feel the disappointment
When heroes go down

Man or woman revealed
Do you show any kind of mercy
On the battlefield?

When heroes go down
When heroes go downWhen heroes go down

When heroes go down
They go down fast
So don't expect any time to
Equivocate the past
When heroes go down
They land in flame

Settling of blame
So don't expect any slow and careful

I heard you say
You look out for the feet of clay
Without the chance
That someone will be falling next
For last respects

You feel the disappointment
When heroes go down
Man or woman revealed
On the battlefield

You can't expect any kind of mercy
I heard you say
You look out for the feet of clay
Without the chance for last respects
That someone will be falling next
You feel the disappointment
When heroes go down

Man or woman revealed
Do you show any kind of mercy
On the battlefield?

When heroes go down
When heroes go downWhen heroes go down

When heroes go down
They go down fast
So don't expect any time to
Equivocate the past
When heroes go down
They land in flame

Settling of blame
So don't expect any slow and careful

I heard you say
You look out for the feet of clay
Without the chance
That someone will be falling next
For last respects

You feel the disappointment
When heroes go down
Man or woman revealed
On the battlefield

You can't expect any kind of mercy
I heard you say
You look out for the feet of clay
Without the chance for last respects
That someone will be falling next
You feel the disappointment
When heroes go down

Man or woman revealed
Do you show any kind of mercy
On the battlefield?

When heroes go down
When heroes go downWhen heroes go down

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 sand against the stone
Salt wearing down to the bone
Against the shoreline
I am friend to the undertow
And now I have you
From the edge of a knife
I take you in, I don't let go
I wanted to learn all the secrets
From the point of a needle
From a diamond
From a bullet in flight
I would be free then
I am friend to the undertow
And now I have you
I take you in, I don't let go
To be that sleek
I wanted to see how it would feel
Made me weak
And instead I find this hunger's
I would swallow you whole
I believe right now if I could
I would leave only bones and teeth
We could see what was underneath
I am friend to the undertow
And you would be free then
I take you in, I don't let go
I take you in, I don't let go
I am friend to the undertow
And now I have you
And now I have you

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 sand against the stone
Salt wearing down to the bone
Against the shoreline
I am friend to the undertow
And now I have you
From the edge of a knife
I take you in, I don't let go
I wanted to learn all the secrets
From the point of a needle
From a diamond
From a bullet in flight
I would be free then
I am friend to the undertow
And now I have you
I take you in, I don't let go
To be that sleek
I wanted to see how it would feel
Made me weak
And instead I find this hunger's
I would swallow you whole
I believe right now if I could
I would leave only bones and teeth
We could see what was underneath
I am friend to the undertow
And you would be free then
I take you in, I don't let go
I take you in, I don't let go
I am friend to the undertow
And now I have you
And now I have you

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
Watched it grow, watched it grow
Watched it as it struggled so

I dug it up
I cut the twine
And so like this
I made it mine
I watched it drink
And watched it feed
And grow beyond
Its simple need

Cut the twine, I've cut the twine
Cut the twine and made it mine
Watched it feed, watched it feed
Watched it feed the simple need

Unbound, roots unbound
Unbound into the ground
Unbound, roots unbound
Unbound into the ground

I was once
Tied at the root
Confined with twine
Both mind and foot
I cut it loose
And now am free
As anything
Alive can be

At the root, bound at the root
At the root both mind and foot
Am free, now am free
As anything alive can be

Unbound, roots unbound
Unbound into the ground
Unbound, roots unbound
Unbound into the ground
Unbound, roots unbound
Unbound into the ground
Unbound, roots unbound
Unbound into the ground

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 me sleep
it burns away
and time is burning burning burning
famous men

but I do try to see the kingdom
I don't need to see the gates of
every now and then

and I know that to enter in the doorway
humble map
if you ask me where it is it's on a
and time is burning burning burning
show your handicap
it burns away

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

"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

I'm pretending
Not to see them
Instead
I pour the milk

I open
Up the paper
There's a story
Of an actor

Who had died
While he was drinking
It was no one
I had heard of

And I'm turning
To the horoscope
And looking
For the funnies

When I'm feeling
Someone watching me
And so
I raise my head

There's a woman
On the outside
Looking inside
Does she see me?

No she does not
Really see me
Cause she sees
Her own reflection

And I'm trying
Not to notice
That she's hitching
Up her skirt

And while she's
Straightening her stockings
Her hair
Is getting wet

Oh, this rain
It will continue
Through the morning
As I'm listening

To the bells
Of the cathedral
I am thinking
Of your voice

And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time
Before the rain began

I finish up my coffee
It's time to catch the train

to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)





Tom's Diner

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

(아침에 길모퉁이에 있는 식당에 앉아 있어
식당 주인이 커피를 따라 주기를 기다리며
카운터에 있었지.)

And he fills it only halfway
And before I even argue
He is looking out the window
At somebody coming in

(그가 커피를 반 잔밖에 따르지 않아서 따지려고 했지만^^*
그는 누군가가 들어 오는 것을 보고
그 쪽을 바라봤어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

"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

("당신만 보면 기분이 좋아요"
방금 들어온 그 여인에게
카운터에서 그가 말했지.
그녀는 우산을 털고 있었어.)

And I look the other way
As they are kissing their hellos
I'm pretending not to see them
Instead, I pour the milk

(그들이 서로에게 가벼운 키스로
인사를 나누고 있을 때 난 다른 쪽을 보고 있었어.
그 대신 우유를 부으면서
그들을 안 보고 있는 척 했어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of

(신문을 폈어.술 먹다가 죽은 배우에 관한 기사가 있었지.
한 번도 못 들어본 배우였어.)

And I'm turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies
When I'm feeling someone watching me
And so I raise my head

(오늘의 운세를 보고 나서 재미있는 게 있을까 해서 뒤적거렸어.
그 때 누군가 날 보고 있는 것 같아 고개를 들었어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

There's a woman on the outside
Looking inside, does she see me?
No she does not really see me
'Cause she sees her own reflection

(밖에서 어떤 여인이 안을 들여다 보고 있었어.
날 보고 있는 걸까? 아냐, 실제로는 날 보는 게 아니었어.
창에 비친 그녀의 모습을 보는 거였지.)

And I'm trying not to notice
That she's hitching up her skirt
And while she's straightening her stockings
Her hair is getting wet

(그녀가 치마를 치켜 올리는 걸 안 보는 척 했지.
그녀가 스타킹을 반듯이 하는동안 그녀의 머리는 젖고 있었어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

Oh, this rain, it will continue
Through the morning as I'm listening
To the bells of the cathedral
I am thinking of your voice
(성당의 종소리가 들리는 이 오전 내내 비가 계속 될거야. )


And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time before the rain began
I finish up my coffee
It's time to catch the train

(난 당신 목소리를 떠올려.
그리고, 비가 내리기 전에 했었던
그 예전 한 때의 야간 피크닉을 생각해.
커피를 다 마셨어.
이제 기차를 탈 시간이군...)

to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)





Tom's Diner

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

(아침에 길모퉁이에 있는 식당에 앉아 있어
식당 주인이 커피를 따라 주기를 기다리며
카운터에 있었지.)

And he fills it only halfway
And before I even argue
He is looking out the window
At somebody coming in

(그가 커피를 반 잔밖에 따르지 않아서 따지려고 했지만^^*
그는 누군가가 들어 오는 것을 보고
그 쪽을 바라봤어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

"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

("당신만 보면 기분이 좋아요"
방금 들어온 그 여인에게
카운터에서 그가 말했지.
그녀는 우산을 털고 있었어.)

And I look the other way
As they are kissing their hellos
I'm pretending not to see them
Instead, I pour the milk

(그들이 서로에게 가벼운 키스로
인사를 나누고 있을 때 난 다른 쪽을 보고 있었어.
그 대신 우유를 부으면서
그들을 안 보고 있는 척 했어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of

(신문을 폈어.술 먹다가 죽은 배우에 관한 기사가 있었지.
한 번도 못 들어본 배우였어.)

And I'm turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies
When I'm feeling someone watching me
And so I raise my head

(오늘의 운세를 보고 나서 재미있는 게 있을까 해서 뒤적거렸어.
그 때 누군가 날 보고 있는 것 같아 고개를 들었어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

There's a woman on the outside
Looking inside, does she see me?
No she does not really see me
'Cause she sees her own reflection

(밖에서 어떤 여인이 안을 들여다 보고 있었어.
날 보고 있는 걸까? 아냐, 실제로는 날 보는 게 아니었어.
창에 비친 그녀의 모습을 보는 거였지.)

And I'm trying not to notice
That she's hitching up her skirt
And while she's straightening her stockings
Her hair is getting wet

(그녀가 치마를 치켜 올리는 걸 안 보는 척 했지.
그녀가 스타킹을 반듯이 하는동안 그녀의 머리는 젖고 있었어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

Oh, this rain, it will continue
Through the morning as I'm listening
To the bells of the cathedral
I am thinking of your voice
(성당의 종소리가 들리는 이 오전 내내 비가 계속 될거야. )


And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time before the rain began
I finish up my coffee
It's time to catch the train

(난 당신 목소리를 떠올려.
그리고, 비가 내리기 전에 했었던
그 예전 한 때의 야간 피크닉을 생각해.
커피를 다 마셨어.
이제 기차를 탈 시간이군...)

to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)





Tom's Diner

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

(아침에 길모퉁이에 있는 식당에 앉아 있어
식당 주인이 커피를 따라 주기를 기다리며
카운터에 있었지.)

And he fills it only halfway
And before I even argue
He is looking out the window
At somebody coming in

(그가 커피를 반 잔밖에 따르지 않아서 따지려고 했지만^^*
그는 누군가가 들어 오는 것을 보고
그 쪽을 바라봤어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

"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

("당신만 보면 기분이 좋아요"
방금 들어온 그 여인에게
카운터에서 그가 말했지.
그녀는 우산을 털고 있었어.)

And I look the other way
As they are kissing their hellos
I'm pretending not to see them
Instead, I pour the milk

(그들이 서로에게 가벼운 키스로
인사를 나누고 있을 때 난 다른 쪽을 보고 있었어.
그 대신 우유를 부으면서
그들을 안 보고 있는 척 했어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of

(신문을 폈어.술 먹다가 죽은 배우에 관한 기사가 있었지.
한 번도 못 들어본 배우였어.)

And I'm turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies
When I'm feeling someone watching me
And so I raise my head

(오늘의 운세를 보고 나서 재미있는 게 있을까 해서 뒤적거렸어.
그 때 누군가 날 보고 있는 것 같아 고개를 들었어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

There's a woman on the outside
Looking inside, does she see me?
No she does not really see me
'Cause she sees her own reflection

(밖에서 어떤 여인이 안을 들여다 보고 있었어.
날 보고 있는 걸까? 아냐, 실제로는 날 보는 게 아니었어.
창에 비친 그녀의 모습을 보는 거였지.)

And I'm trying not to notice
That she's hitching up her skirt
And while she's straightening her stockings
Her hair is getting wet

(그녀가 치마를 치켜 올리는 걸 안 보는 척 했지.
그녀가 스타킹을 반듯이 하는동안 그녀의 머리는 젖고 있었어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

Oh, this rain, it will continue
Through the morning as I'm listening
To the bells of the cathedral
I am thinking of your voice
(성당의 종소리가 들리는 이 오전 내내 비가 계속 될거야. )


And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time before the rain began
I finish up my coffee
It's time to catch the train

(난 당신 목소리를 떠올려.
그리고, 비가 내리기 전에 했었던
그 예전 한 때의 야간 피크닉을 생각해.
커피를 다 마셨어.
이제 기차를 탈 시간이군...)

to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)





Tom's Diner

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

(아침에 길모퉁이에 있는 식당에 앉아 있어
식당 주인이 커피를 따라 주기를 기다리며
카운터에 있었지.)

And he fills it only halfway
And before I even argue
He is looking out the window
At somebody coming in

(그가 커피를 반 잔밖에 따르지 않아서 따지려고 했지만^^*
그는 누군가가 들어 오는 것을 보고
그 쪽을 바라봤어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

"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

("당신만 보면 기분이 좋아요"
방금 들어온 그 여인에게
카운터에서 그가 말했지.
그녀는 우산을 털고 있었어.)

And I look the other way
As they are kissing their hellos
I'm pretending not to see them
Instead, I pour the milk

(그들이 서로에게 가벼운 키스로
인사를 나누고 있을 때 난 다른 쪽을 보고 있었어.
그 대신 우유를 부으면서
그들을 안 보고 있는 척 했어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of

(신문을 폈어.술 먹다가 죽은 배우에 관한 기사가 있었지.
한 번도 못 들어본 배우였어.)

And I'm turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies
When I'm feeling someone watching me
And so I raise my head

(오늘의 운세를 보고 나서 재미있는 게 있을까 해서 뒤적거렸어.
그 때 누군가 날 보고 있는 것 같아 고개를 들었어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

There's a woman on the outside
Looking inside, does she see me?
No she does not really see me
'Cause she sees her own reflection

(밖에서 어떤 여인이 안을 들여다 보고 있었어.
날 보고 있는 걸까? 아냐, 실제로는 날 보는 게 아니었어.
창에 비친 그녀의 모습을 보는 거였지.)

And I'm trying not to notice
That she's hitching up her skirt
And while she's straightening her stockings
Her hair is getting wet

(그녀가 치마를 치켜 올리는 걸 안 보는 척 했지.
그녀가 스타킹을 반듯이 하는동안 그녀의 머리는 젖고 있었어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

Oh, this rain, it will continue
Through the morning as I'm listening
To the bells of the cathedral
I am thinking of your voice
(성당의 종소리가 들리는 이 오전 내내 비가 계속 될거야. )


And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time before the rain began
I finish up my coffee
It's time to catch the train

(난 당신 목소리를 떠올려.
그리고, 비가 내리기 전에 했었던
그 예전 한 때의 야간 피크닉을 생각해.
커피를 다 마셨어.
이제 기차를 탈 시간이군...)

to moonn6pence from shootingstar(papayeverte)





Tom's Diner

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

(아침에 길모퉁이에 있는 식당에 앉아 있어
식당 주인이 커피를 따라 주기를 기다리며
카운터에 있었지.)

And he fills it only halfway
And before I even argue
He is looking out the window
At somebody coming in

(그가 커피를 반 잔밖에 따르지 않아서 따지려고 했지만^^*
그는 누군가가 들어 오는 것을 보고
그 쪽을 바라봤어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

"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

("당신만 보면 기분이 좋아요"
방금 들어온 그 여인에게
카운터에서 그가 말했지.
그녀는 우산을 털고 있었어.)

And I look the other way
As they are kissing their hellos
I'm pretending not to see them
Instead, I pour the milk

(그들이 서로에게 가벼운 키스로
인사를 나누고 있을 때 난 다른 쪽을 보고 있었어.
그 대신 우유를 부으면서
그들을 안 보고 있는 척 했어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of

(신문을 폈어.술 먹다가 죽은 배우에 관한 기사가 있었지.
한 번도 못 들어본 배우였어.)

And I'm turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies
When I'm feeling someone watching me
And so I raise my head

(오늘의 운세를 보고 나서 재미있는 게 있을까 해서 뒤적거렸어.
그 때 누군가 날 보고 있는 것 같아 고개를 들었어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

There's a woman on the outside
Looking inside, does she see me?
No she does not really see me
'Cause she sees her own reflection

(밖에서 어떤 여인이 안을 들여다 보고 있었어.
날 보고 있는 걸까? 아냐, 실제로는 날 보는 게 아니었어.
창에 비친 그녀의 모습을 보는 거였지.)

And I'm trying not to notice
That she's hitching up her skirt
And while she's straightening her stockings
Her hair is getting wet

(그녀가 치마를 치켜 올리는 걸 안 보는 척 했지.
그녀가 스타킹을 반듯이 하는동안 그녀의 머리는 젖고 있었어.)

Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee
Dee dee dee dee, dee dee dee dee

Oh, this rain, it will continue
Through the morning as I'm listening
To the bells of the cathedral
I am thinking of your voice
(성당의 종소리가 들리는 이 오전 내내 비가 계속 될거야. )


And of the midnight picnic
Once upon a time before the rain began
I finish up my coffee
It's time to catch the train

(난 당신 목소리를 떠올려.
그리고, 비가 내리기 전에 했었던
그 예전 한 때의 야간 피크닉을 생각해.
커피를 다 마셨어.
이제 기차를 탈 시간이군...)

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 he's saying
Oh Mum
I wonder when I'll be wakened
It's just that there's
so much to do
And I'm tired of sleeping
Oh Mum
I wonder when I'll be wakened
It's just that there's
so much to do
And I'm tired of sleeping
Oh Mum
the kids are playing in pennies
They're up to their knees in money
And the dirt of the churchyard steps
Oh Mum
that man he ripped out his lining
Tore out a piece of his body
To show us his clean courted heart
Oh Mum
I wonder when I'll be wakened
It's just that there's
so much to do
And I'm tired of sleeping
Oh Mum
I wonder when I'll be wakened
It's just that there's
so much to do
And I'm tired of sleeping

Oh Mum
the bird on the string is hanging
Bones are twisting and dancing
She's fighting for her small life
Oh Mum
I wonder when I'll be wakened
It's just that there's
so much to do
And I'm tired of sleeping
Oh Mum
I wonder when I'll be wakened
It's just that there's
so much to do
And I'm tired of sleeping
Oh Mum
I wonder when I'll be wakened
It's just that there's
so much to do
And I'm tired of sleeping

Those whole girls
Hurl down words
Run in packs
With bloom to spare


They know health
Know it well
Skim the cream
And fill the brim


Drip with news
Spin intact
Blaze and stun
And feel no lack


Breathe with ease
Need no mercy
Move in light
Run in grace


Run in grace
Run in grace
Run in grace

He is not my friend, but he is with me
His hand is on my back when I step from the sidewalk
Like a shadow is with a foot that falls
Or when I'm walking down these darkened halls
I don't know when it will be

He's the Thin Man
With a date for me
To arrive at some point

I can feel his eyes when I don't expect him
In the back seat of a taxi down Vestry Street
His arm is around my waist and he pulls me down to him
He whispers things into my ear that sound so sweet

With a date for me
To arrive at some point
He's the Thin Man

He is not my friend, but he is with me
I don't know when it will be
And he promises a peace I never knew
I cannot give in, no, I must refuse him

With a date for me
But could I really be the one to resist that kiss so true
He's the Thin Man
I don't know when it will beTo arrive at some point

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.

He said, "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."
Down in the long narrow hall he was led

And she never once took the crown from her head
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
She asked him there to sit down.

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 young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try"
But she closed herself up like a fan.
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled"
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry

And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
He laid his hand then on top of her head

"Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
And he bowed her down to the ground.
As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And he took her to the window to see.
And the sun, it was gold, though the sky, it was gray

But she knew how it frightened her, and she turned away
And she wanted more than she ever could say
And he said, "I want to live as an honest man

And would not look at his face again.
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
Your highness, your ways are very strange."
And to love a young woman who I don't understand

But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached
She took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
She would only be a moment inside.

Out in the distance her order was heard
And while the queen went on strangeling in the solitude she preferred
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
The battle continued on

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.

He said, "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."
Down in the long narrow hall he was led

And she never once took the crown from her head
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
She asked him there to sit down.

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 young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try"
But she closed herself up like a fan.
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled"
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry

And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
He laid his hand then on top of her head

"Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
And he bowed her down to the ground.
As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And he took her to the window to see.
And the sun, it was gold, though the sky, it was gray

But she knew how it frightened her, and she turned away
And she wanted more than she ever could say
And he said, "I want to live as an honest man

And would not look at his face again.
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
Your highness, your ways are very strange."
And to love a young woman who I don't understand

But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached
She took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
She would only be a moment inside.

Out in the distance her order was heard
And while the queen went on strangeling in the solitude she preferred
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
The battle continued on

There's a sound
Across the alley
Touching skin
Of cold metalAnd you can see
That she has gone and cut
If you look in her window
Her hair again
In straight lines
Straight lines
Those soft golden lights in the morningAre now on her wooden floor
Any more
The wind has swept them through the apartment
She don't need them
Any more...
Any moreShe's cut down
On her lovers
Though she still dreams
Of them at nightWhere once were flowers
She's growing straight lines
She is streamlined
She is taking the shade down
From the lightTo see the straight lines
Straight linesShe wants to cut through the circles
She wants to finally kill the delusions
She won't need them
That she has lived in before
Any more
Any more
Any more...
Across the alley
But there's a sound
Of cold metal
Too close to the bone
If you look in her window
And you can see
The face of a woman
Finally aloneBehind straight lines
Straight lines

There's a sound
Across the alley
Touching skin
Of cold metalAnd you can see
That she has gone and cut
If you look in her window
Her hair again
In straight lines
Straight lines
Those soft golden lights in the morningAre now on her wooden floor
Any more
The wind has swept them through the apartment
She don't need them
Any more...
Any moreShe's cut down
On her lovers
Though she still dreams
Of them at nightWhere once were flowers
She's growing straight lines
She is streamlined
She is taking the shade down
From the lightTo see the straight lines
Straight linesShe wants to cut through the circles
She wants to finally kill the delusions
She won't need them
That she has lived in before
Any more
Any more
Any more...
Across the alley
But there's a sound
Of cold metal
Too close to the bone
If you look in her window
And you can see
The face of a woman
Finally aloneBehind straight lines
Straight lines

I don't care for tights, she says
and does not tell me why
revealing one brown thigh

She hikes her skirt above her knee
I see, I say, and wonder at
her slender little fingers
the threads of recent slumbers
How cleverly they pull upon
and passion does begin?

Do you know where friendship ends
It's between the binding of
her stockings and her skin.
(oh yeah)

She stayed up so late I thought
she'd ask me to go dance
told me I had no chance
But something in the way she laughed
The fiction in her family

was that she was never nice
I'd say she was very
I just did not see the price
Do you know where friendship ends

and passion does begin?
When the gin and tonic
makes the room begin to spin.
(oh yeah)
There may be attraction here

So I'm assigned to read her mind, now
but it will never flower

in this witching hour
Here's no game for those who claim
to be easily bruised
But how can I complain
when she's so easily amused?
Do you know where friendship ends

and passion does begin?
(When she does not show you
It's between the binding
the way out on the way in) --
of her stockings and her skin.
(oh yeah

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
could I but ride herd
on the wind and the foam

all of the souls
that curl by the fire
they never know
all man's desire

watercress clings
to the banks of the stream
in the first grip of spring
when the snow melts to green

barefoot and cold
and holding a lyre
by the side of the road
holding all man's desire

call on the saint
when the white candle burns
keeping her safe
until her return

the reproach in your daughter's most beautiful face
made me wonder just how she could know
of that something that happened between you and me
so much more than a long time ago

her mother, I can see, lives within her still
cause she looked at me with her eyes
though I had only just met her right then
I feel that she peeled back my guilty disguise

did i break the thread, or did you break the thread?
well at this point we could ask who cares
as for the promises broken and frayed
it's 19 years late for repairs

the grey pewter vase held the deep red rose,
one piece of coral shone white,
by the brass candlestick near your red velvet coat,
is everything I can recall of one night

will you please tell me why I remember these things
after all of this time, I don't know
i must have left all those feelings inside
cause that year I had no courage to show

was i the name you could never pronounce?
or did i even figure at all?
all of this happened before she was born
did i shadow her young pencil marks on the wall

still i am sure i was only but one
of a number who darkened that door
of your home and your hearth and your family and wife
who'd been darkened so often before

oh, the red leaf looks to the hard gray stone
to each other, they know what they mean
somewhere, their future is still yet to come
in ways that are yet as of now unforeseen

If sand waves were sound waves
Could split this endless noon
What song would be in the air now

What stinging tune
And make the sky swell with rain
If war were a game that a man or a child
And leave the land with no stainCould think of winning
What kind of rule
Can overthrow a fool

If we had met some eastbound train
Through some black sleeping town
Would you have worn your silken robes
All made of royal blue?
Would I have dressed in smoke and fire
For you to see through?
If we had met in a darkened room
Where people do not stay
But shadows touch and pass right through
And never see the day
Would you have taken me upstairs
And turned the lamplight low?
Would I have shown my secret self
And disappeared like the snow?
Oh, I could have played your little girl
Or I could have played your wife
I could have played your mistress
Running danger down through you life
I could have played your lady fair
All dressed in lace like the foam from the sea
I could have been your woman of the road
As long as you did not come back home to me
But as it is, we live in the city
And everything stays in place
Instead we meet on the open sidewalk
And it's well I know your face
We talk and talk, we tell the truth
There are no shadows here
But when I look into your eyes
I wonder what might have been here
Because if I had met you on some journey
Where would we be now?

If we had met some eastbound train
Through some black sleeping town
Would you have worn your silken robes
All made of royal blue?
Would I have dressed in smoke and fire
For you to see through?
If we had met in a darkened room
Where people do not stay
But shadows touch and pass right through
And never see the day
Would you have taken me upstairs
And turned the lamplight low?
Would I have shown my secret self
And disappeared like the snow?
Oh, I could have played your little girl
Or I could have played your wife
I could have played your mistress
Running danger down through you life
I could have played your lady fair
All dressed in lace like the foam from the sea
I could have been your woman of the road
As long as you did not come back home to me
But as it is, we live in the city
And everything stays in place
Instead we meet on the open sidewalk
And it's well I know your face
We talk and talk, we tell the truth
There are no shadows here
But when I look into your eyes
I wonder what might have been here
Because if I had met you on some journey
Where would we be now?

If we had met some eastbound train
Through some black sleeping town
Would you have worn your silken robes
All made of royal blue?
Would I have dressed in smoke and fire
For you to see through?
If we had met in a darkened room
Where people do not stay
But shadows touch and pass right through
And never see the day
Would you have taken me upstairs
And turned the lamplight low?
Would I have shown my secret self
And disappeared like the snow?
Oh, I could have played your little girl
Or I could have played your wife
I could have played your mistress
Running danger down through you life
I could have played your lady fair
All dressed in lace like the foam from the sea
I could have been your woman of the road
As long as you did not come back home to me
But as it is, we live in the city
And everything stays in place
Instead we meet on the open sidewalk
And it's well I know your face
We talk and talk, we tell the truth
There are no shadows here
But when I look into your eyes
I wonder what might have been here
Because if I had met you on some journey
Where would we be now?

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 with a flower with 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 remember each time we've met

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"
And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear
And I say "I've never thought of finding you here"

I turn to the crowd as they're watching
They're sitting all together in the dark in the warm
I wanted to be in there among them
I see how their eyes are gathered into one

And then 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"l've come to lighten this dark heart"
And she takes my wrist, I feel her imprint of fear
And I say "I've never thought of finding you here"

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 remember each time we've met

And she turns to me with her hand extended
Her palm is split with a flower with a flame

1.
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.

2.
Never use your threes and twos.
Follow superstition.
Otherwise you are going to lose.
Compulsion makes you listen.

Take what's wrong, and make it go right.
Weave it like a prayer.
Wonder if you you'll spend the night?
Playing solitaire?

3.
Do it again, when you find you're all done.
Like an idiot savant.
Shuffle up your luck. You see, you almost won.
Now wrestle down what you want.

4.
Jack on the Queen, and the ten on the Jack.
It's a happy repetition.
You and your fate in a kind of check-mate.
And you are your only competition.

Take what's wrong, and make it go right.
Weave it like a prayer.
Wonder if you you'll spend the night?
Playing solitaire?

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 shine

Daddy's a dark riddle
Mama's a headful of bees
you are my little kite
carried away in the wayward breeze

Soap and water
wash the year from my life
straighten all that we trampled and tore
heal the cut we call husband and wife

Daddy's a dark riddle
Mama's a handful of thorns
you are my little kite
caught up again in the household storms

Daddy's a dark riddle
Mama's a headful of bees
you are my little kite
carried away in the wayward breeze

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 lost against
Your fingers
I am falling down the stairs
I am skipping on the sidewalk
I am thrown against the sky
I am raining down in pieces
I am scattering like light
Scattering like light
Scattering like light
Today I am
A small blue thing
Made of china
Made of glass
I am cool and smooth and curious
I never blink
I am turning in your hand
Turning in your hand
Small blue thing

Today I am
A small blue thing
Or an eye
Like a marble
With my knees against my mouth
I am cold against your skin
I am perfectly round
You are perfectly reflected
I am watching you
I am lost inside your pocket
I am lost against
I am falling down the stairs
Your fingers
I am thrown against the sky
I am skipping on the sidewalk
Scattering like light
I am raining down in pieces
Scattering like light
Today I am
I am scattering like light
A small blue thing
Made of glass
Made of china
I never blink
I am cool and smooth and curious
I am turning in your hand
Turning in your hand
Small blue thing

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 lost against
Your fingers
I am falling down the stairs
I am skipping on the sidewalk
I am thrown against the sky
I am raining down in pieces
I am scattering like light
Scattering like light
Scattering like light
Today I am
A small blue thing
Made of china
Made of glass
I am cool and smooth and curious
I never blink
I am turning in your hand
Turning in your hand
Small blue thing

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 lost against
Your fingers
I am falling down the stairs
I am skipping on the sidewalk
I am thrown against the sky
I am raining down in pieces
I am scattering like light
Scattering like light
Scattering like light
Today I am
A small blue thing
Made of china
Made of glass
I am cool and smooth and curious
I never blink
I am turning in your hand
Turning in your hand
Small blue thing

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 lost against
Your fingers
I am falling down the stairs
I am skipping on the sidewalk
I am thrown against the sky
I am raining down in pieces
I am scattering like light
Scattering like light
Scattering like light
Today I am
A small blue thing
Made of china
Made of glass
I am cool and smooth and curious
I never blink
I am turning in your hand
Turning in your hand
Small blue thing

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 winter
I fear I only
Croak and sigh


Somewhere deep within
Hear the creak
That lets the tale begin


Now the time has come to move
I was not able
Water through a rusted pipe
Could make the moves that I do


Stagger, stumble
Trip, fumble
I fear I only
Slip and slide


Somewhere deep within
Hear the creak
That lets the tale begin


Somewhere deep within
Hear the creak
That lets the tale begin

Do you remember how 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
and put their fingers in your hair?

I had met you just the day before
like an accident of fate
in the window there behind your door
How I wanted to break in
to that room beneath your skin
but all that would have to wait

In the Carmen of the Martyrs
with the statues in the courtyard
whose heads and hands were taken
in the burden of the sun
I had come to meet you
with a question in my footsteps
I was going up the hillside
and the journey just begun

My sister says she never dreams at night
there are days when I know why
those possibilities within her sight
with no way of coming true
Some things just don't get through
into this world , although they try

In the Carmen of the Martyrs
with the statues in the courtyard
whose heads and hands were taken
in the burden of the sun
I had come to meet you
with a question in my footsteps
I was going up the hillside
and the journey just begun

All I know of you
is in my memory
All I ask is you
Remember me

Do you remember how 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
and put their fingers in your hair?

I had met you just the day before
like an accident of fate
in the window there behind your door
How I wanted to break in
to that room beneath your skin
but all that would have to wait

In the Carmen of the Martyrs
with the statues in the courtyard
whose heads and hands were taken
in the burden of the sun
I had come to meet you
with a question in my footsteps
I was going up the hillside
and the journey just begun

My sister says she never dreams at night
there are days when I know why
those possibilities within her sight
with no way of coming true
Some things just don't get through
into this world , although they try

In the Carmen of the Martyrs
with the statues in the courtyard
whose heads and hands were taken
in the burden of the sun
I had come to meet you
with a question in my footsteps
I was going up the hillside
and the journey just begun

All I know of you
is in my memory
All I ask is you
Remember me

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 that they say
Something's begun like a war
Or a family or a friendship
Or a fast love affair


The man on the wall
Is his symbol of freedom
It means he has brothers
Who believe as he does


She is moved by
The thing that she sees in his face
Whe he talks of
The cause


Every sigh, every sway
You can hear everything that they say
Something's begun like a war
Or a family or a friendship
Or a fast love affair


She leans against him
Her dress is so red
They talk of the salt
And the truth and the bread


The night goes along
The fan goes around
In the room off the street
At the end of the town


Every sigh, every sway
You can hear everything that they say
Something's begun like a war
Or a family or a friendship
Or a fast love affair

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

1. 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

2. she'd put on her skirt
of layers of chiffon
the top of the umbrella had come off
so I put that on

we'd dance together then
an awkward ballet
she was 20 years older than I was
but still we did play

3. She was 20 years older than me
and many times my size
but it's her little feet I remember
and the look in her eyes

once when I saw her
she made me a doll
of ribbon and paper and ink
and lace, I recall

4. I danced beside her
feeling no shame
we were in costume
and this was a game

I think of her now I'm older
I still love to dance
something will shine through the body
if you give it a chance

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 fishes.
Writing in ashes.
Birds. Herbs.
Smoke from the altar.

A suspended ring or the mode of laughing
Pebbles drawn from a heap
One of these things
Will tell you something.

Let's tell the future
Let's see how it's been done.
By dreams. By the features. By letters.
By dropping hot wax into water.

By nails reflecting the rays of the sun.
By waling in a circle.
By red hot iron.
By passages in books.
A balanced hatchet.

A suspended ring or the mode of laughing
Pebbles drawn from a heap
One of these things
Will tell you something.

Let's tell the future
Let's see how it's been done.
How it's been done.

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 much of?
wouldn't he dream of the thing that he never
could quite get the touch of?

it's out of his hands, over his head
out of his reach, under this real life
hidden in veils, covered in silk
he's dreaming of what might be
(dreaming of mystery)

Bettie Page is still the rage
with her legs and leather
she turns to tease the camera, and please us at home
and we let her

who's to know what she'll show of herself
in what measure?
if what she reveals, or what she conceals
is the key to our pleasure?

it's out of our hands, over our heads
out of our reach, under this real life
hidden in veils, covered in silk
we're dreaming of what might be
(dreaming of mystery)

it's out of our hands, over our heads
out of our reach, under this real life
hidden in veils
we're dreaming of mystery

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?

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 end in the race
It's a stopping and starting
A march over millions of years


Travel. Arrival
Years of an inch and a step
Toward a source
I'm coming to you
I'll be there in time


This land is burning
Turning to ash as it hits the air
Every line is a place on a map
It's a city or valley
A mark on these miles of fields


Travel. Arrival
Years of an inch and a step
Toward a source
I'm coming to you
I'll be there in time


This line is burning
Turning to ash as it hits the air
Every step is a day in the week
It's a Wednesday or Thursday
A march over months of the year


Travel. Arrival
Years of an inch and a step
Toward a source
I'm coming to you
I'll be there in time


I'm coming to you
I'll be there in time


Take this
Mute mouth
Broken tongue.
Now this
Dark life
Is shot through with light

Once I stood alone so proud now i am low on the ground. held myself above the crowd 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? I wait to hear. The mother, and the matador, the mystic, all were here before, like me, to stare You down. disappear, but leave your trace, You appear without a face, i feel your unseen frown. Now what would you have me do i wait to hear I ask you please? the word, your voice, you say. i wait to see your sign would i I look for you in heathered moor, obey? the desert, and the ocean floor how low does one heart go. looking for your fingerprints i find them in coincidence, and make my faith to grow. Forgive me all my blindnesses my weakness and unkindnesses as yet unbending still. my fist against eternity struggling so hard to see and will you break my will? Now what would you have me do i wait to hear i ask you please? your voice, the word you say i wait to see your sign could i obey?

Ante up. And don't be shy.
Who is that man who is catching my eye?
What's underneath all of the deadpan face?

Sitting so pretty with a criminal grace?
Lamebrain Pete wants to Spit in the Sea.
He's got a cool hand but it isn't for me.
Butcher Boy thinks he'll be splitting the pot.
But I've seen what he's got and it isn't a lot.
(When deuces are wild you can follow the queen.

I'd go too except I know where she's been.)

But it's no cheap thrill
I'll see you, I'll call you, I'll raise you
It will cost you, cost you, cost you
Anything you have to pay.
I limit the straddles, and you shuffle and deal.

When will the dealer reveal how he feels?
Is the lucky beginner just a five-card stud?
Is this winning streak going to be nipped in the bud?

I'll see you, I'll call you, I'll raise you
It will cost you, cost you, cost you
But it's no cheap thrill

Anything you have to pay.
I'll match you, I'll bet you, I'll play you,
But it's no cheap thrill
It will cost you, cost you, cost you
Anything you have to pay

No Cheap Thrill (Music & Lyrics by Suzanne Vega)


Ante up. And don’t be shy.
Who is that man who is catching my eye?
What’s unde
eath all of the deadpan face?
Sitting so pretty with a criminal grace?

Lamebrain Pete wants to Spit in the Sea.
He’s got a cool hand but it isn’t for me.
Butcher Boy thinks he’ll be splitting the pot.
But I’ve seen what he’s got and it isn’t a lot.

(When deuces are wild you can follow the queen.
I’d go too except I know where she’s been.)

I’ll see you, I’ll call you, I’ll raise you
But it’s no cheap thrill
It will cost you, cost you, cost you
Anything you have to pay.

I limit the straddles, and you shuffle and deal.
When will the dealer reveal how he feels?
Is the lucky beginner just a five-card stud?
Is this winning streak going to be nipped in the bud?

I’ll see you, I’ll call you, I’ll raise you
But it’s no cheap thrill
It will cost you, cost you, cost you
Anything you have to pay.

I’ll match you, I’ll bet you, I’ll play you,
But it’s no cheap thrill
It will cost you, cost you, cost you
Anything you have to pay........

No Cheap Thrill (Music & Lyrics by Suzanne Vega)


Ante up. And don’t be shy.
Who is that man who is catching my eye?
What’s unde
eath all of the deadpan face?
Sitting so pretty with a criminal grace?

Lamebrain Pete wants to Spit in the Sea.
He’s got a cool hand but it isn’t for me.
Butcher Boy thinks he’ll be splitting the pot.
But I’ve seen what he’s got and it isn’t a lot.

(When deuces are wild you can follow the queen.
I’d go too except I know where she’s been.)

I’ll see you, I’ll call you, I’ll raise you
But it’s no cheap thrill
It will cost you, cost you, cost you
Anything you have to pay.

I limit the straddles, and you shuffle and deal.
When will the dealer reveal how he feels?
Is the lucky beginner just a five-card stud?
Is this winning streak going to be nipped in the bud?

I’ll see you, I’ll call you, I’ll raise you
But it’s no cheap thrill
It will cost you, cost you, cost you
Anything you have to pay.

I’ll match you, I’ll bet you, I’ll play you,
But it’s no cheap thrill
It will cost you, cost you, cost you
Anything you have to pay........

By day give thanks
By night beware
Half the world in sweetness
The other in fear

When the darkness takes you
With her hand across your face
Don't give in too quickly
Find the thing she's erased

Find the line, find the shape
Through the grain
Find the outline, things will
Tell you their name

The table. the guitar
The empty glass

All will blend together when
Daylight has passed

Find the line, find the shape
Through the grain
Find the outline, things will
Tell you their name

Now I watch you falling into sleep
Watch your fist curl against the sheet
Watch your lips fall open and your eyes dim
In blind faith

I would shelter you
Keep you in light
But I can only teach you
Night vision
Night vision
Night vision

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 the weekend
Suburban boy here for your first time
From the twenty-seventh floor above the midtown roar
You were dazzled by her beauty and her crime

And she's every girl you've seen in every movie
Every dame you've ever known on late night TV
In her steam and steel is the passion you feel
Endlessly

New York is a woman, she'll make you cry
And to her you're just another guy

Look down and see her ruined places
Smoke and ash still rising to the sky
She's happy that you're here, but when you disappear
She won't know that you're gone to say goodbye

New York is a woman, she'll make you cry
And to her you're just another guy

And she's every girl you've seen in every movie
Every dame you've ever known on late night TV
In her steam and steel is the passion you feel
Desperately

New York is a woman, she'll make you cry
And to her you're just another guy

We had our Neighborhood girl, she
We just wonder where she's gone..."
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."
"I think you know your
Neighborhood girl, she
Lives on my street, now, with
Eyes of ice
Walking in the sun
I've seen her in the morning, when she is
And I always thought that she
Looked kind of nice
At a party, I think
She spoke to me once
That she had had too much to drink, because she
And I thought at the time
Said to me, "There's a backbone gone
And I've got to get it back
Before going on...'
Seems to have resigned
And your neighborhood girl
She was looking out at people
From the back of her mind
And before she went off
She spoke to me again
She came up and said
"You have the eyes of a friend
And there's a razor's edge
That I have lost somewhere
And I would like it back
So if you've seen it anywhere...
I've been out for a while
But I'll be back in a bit
I am just walking through the smoke
Because I've got this feeling
Finding out if this is it
That things are going grey
And I'd like to hear a straight line
To help me find my way...'
I looked at her
And I did not know what to say.
She had long black hair."
"Must be a different
Neighborhood girl, cause
Ours had blonde hair, in front of McKinsey's Bar
And we were interested in her
We just wonder where she's gone..."
"Oh she's gone?"
And her Clientele...
"Yes, she's gone, gone, gone

We had our Neighborhood girl, she
We just wonder where she's gone..."
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."
"I think you know your
Neighborhood girl, she
Lives on my street, now, with
Eyes of ice
Walking in the sun
I've seen her in the morning, when she is
And I always thought that she
Looked kind of nice
At a party, I think
She spoke to me once
That she had had too much to drink, because she
And I thought at the time
Said to me, "There's a backbone gone
And I've got to get it back
Before going on...'
Seems to have resigned
And your neighborhood girl
She was looking out at people
From the back of her mind
And before she went off
She spoke to me again
She came up and said
"You have the eyes of a friend
And there's a razor's edge
That I have lost somewhere
And I would like it back
So if you've seen it anywhere...
I've been out for a while
But I'll be back in a bit
I am just walking through the smoke
Because I've got this feeling
Finding out if this is it
That things are going grey
And I'd like to hear a straight line
To help me find my way...'
I looked at her
And I did not know what to say.
She had long black hair."
"Must be a different
Neighborhood girl, cause
Ours had blonde hair, in front of McKinsey's Bar
And we were interested in her
We just wonder where she's gone..."
"Oh she's gone?"
And her Clientele...
"Yes, she's gone, gone, gone

My favorite plum
hangs so far from me
See how it sleeps
and hear how it calls to me
See how the flesh
It must be bursting
presses the skin,
with secrets within,
I've seen the rest, yes

and that is the one for me
See how it shines
it will be so sweet
I've been so dry
See how it lays
it would make my heart complete
Never noticing
me here below
languid and slow
I've seen the best, yes
and that is the one for me
Maybe a girl will take it

Maybe a shake of the bough
will wake it and make it fall
My favorite plum
Maybe a boy will steal it
lies in wait for me

I'll be right here
You'll say that I'm
longing endlessly
foolish to trust
But it will be mine
cause I've had the rest, yes
and I know that it must
and that is the one for me
and that is the one for meI've seen the best, yes

Men in a war
If they've lost a limb
Still feel that limb
As they did before


He lay on a cot
He was drenched in a sweat
He was mute and staring
But feeling the thing
He had not


I know how it is
When something is gone
A piece of your eyesight
Or maybe your vision


A corner of sense
Goes blank on the screen
A piece of the scan
Gets filled in by hand


You know that it was
And now it is not
So you just make do with
Whatever you've got


Men in a war
If they've lost a limb
Still feel that limb
As they did before


If your nerve is cut
If you're kept on the stretch
You don't feel your will
You can't find your gut


And she lay on her back
She made sure she was hid
She was mute and staring
Not feeling the thing
That she did


I know how it is
When something is gone
A piece of your eyesight
Or maybe your vision

Even if I am in love with you
All this to say, what's it to you?
Observe the blood, the rose tattoo
of the fingerprints on me from you
Other evidence has shown
that you and I are still alone
We skirt around the danger zone
and don't talk about it later
Marlene watches from the wall
her mocking smile says it all
as she records the rise and fall
of every soldier passing
But the only soldier now is me
I'm fighting things I cannot see
I think it's called my destiny
that I am changing
Marlene on the wall

I walk to your house in the afternoon
by the butcher shop with the sawdust strewn
"Don't give away the goods too soon"
Is what she might have told me
And I tried so hard to resist
when you held me in your handsome fist
and reminded me of the night we kissed
and of why I should be leaving
Marlene watches from the wall
her mocking smile says it all
as she records the rise and fall
of every man who's been here
But the only one here now is me
I'm fighting things I cannot see
I think it's called my destiny
that I am changing
Marlene on the wall

Even if I am in love with you
All this to say, what's it to you?
Of the fingerprints on me from you
Observe the blood, the rose tattoo

Other evidence has shown
That you and I are still alone
We skirt around the danger zone
And don't talk about it later
Marlene watches from the wall

Her mocking smile says it all
As the records the rise and fall

Of every soldier passing
I'm fighting things I cannot see
But the only soldier now is me
I think it's called my destiny

That I am changing
Marlene on the wall

I walk to your house in the afternoon
By the butcher shot with the sawdust strewn
"Don't give away the goods too soon"
And I tried so hard to resist
Is what she might have told me

And reminded me of the night we kissed
And of why I should be leaving

When you held me in your handsome fist
Marlene watches from the wall
Of every man who's been here
Her mocking smile says it all
As the records the rise and fall
But the only one here now is me

I think it's called my destiny
I'm fighting things I cannot see
That I am changing

Marlene on the wall

Even if I am in love with you
All this to say, what's it to you?
Observe the blood, the rose tattoo
of the fingerprints on me from you
Other evidence has shown
that you and I are still alone
We skirt around the danger zone
and don't talk about it later
Marlene watches from the wall
her mocking smile says it all
as she records the rise and fall
of every soldier passing
But the only soldier now is me
I'm fighting things I cannot see
I think it's called my destiny
that I am changing
Marlene on the wall

I walk to your house in the afternoon
by the butcher shop with the sawdust strewn
"Don't give away the goods too soon"
Is what she might have told me
And I tried so hard to resist
when you held me in your handsome fist
and reminded me of the night we kissed
and of why I should be leaving
Marlene watches from the wall
her mocking smile says it all
as she records the rise and fall
of every man who's been here
But the only one here now is me
I'm fighting things I cannot see
I think it's called my destiny
that I am changing
Marlene on the wall

Even if I am in love with you
All this to say, what's it to you?
Observe the blood, the rose tattoo
of the fingerprints on me from you
Other evidence has shown
that you and I are still alone
We skirt around the danger zone
and don't talk about it later
Marlene watches from the wall
her mocking smile says it all
as she records the rise and fall
of every soldier passing
But the only soldier now is me
I'm fighting things I cannot see
I think it's called my destiny
that I am changing
Marlene on the wall

I walk to your house in the afternoon
by the butcher shop with the sawdust strewn
"Don't give away the goods too soon"
Is what she might have told me
And I tried so hard to resist
when you held me in your handsome fist
and reminded me of the night we kissed
and of why I should be leaving
Marlene watches from the wall
her mocking smile says it all
as she records the rise and fall
of every man who's been here
But the only one here now is me
I'm fighting things I cannot see
I think it's called my destiny
that I am changing
Marlene on the wall

Even if I am in love with you
All this to say, what's it to you?
Observe the blood, the rose tattoo
of the fingerprints on me from you
Other evidence has shown
that you and I are still alone
We skirt around the danger zone
and don't talk about it later
Marlene watches from the wall
her mocking smile says it all
as she records the rise and fall
of every soldier passing
But the only soldier now is me
I'm fighting things I cannot see
I think it's called my destiny
that I am changing
Marlene on the wall

I walk to your house in the afternoon
by the butcher shop with the sawdust strewn
"Don't give away the goods too soon"
Is what she might have told me
And I tried so hard to resist
when you held me in your handsome fist
and reminded me of the night we kissed
and of why I should be leaving
Marlene watches from the wall
her mocking smile says it all
as she records the rise and fall
of every man who's been here
But the only one here now is me
I'm fighting things I cannot see
I think it's called my destiny
that I am changing
Marlene on the wall

Even if I am in love with you
All this to say, what's it to you?
Observe the blood, the rose tattoo
of the fingerprints on me from you
Other evidence has shown
that you and I are still alone
We skirt around the danger zone
and don't talk about it later
Marlene watches from the wall
her mocking smile says it all
as she records the rise and fall
of every soldier passing
But the only soldier now is me
I'm fighting things I cannot see
I think it's called my destiny
that I am changing
Marlene on the wall

I walk to your house in the afternoon
by the butcher shop with the sawdust strewn
"Don't give away the goods too soon"
Is what she might have told me
And I tried so hard to resist
when you held me in your handsome fist
and reminded me of the night we kissed
and of why I should be leaving
Marlene watches from the wall
her mocking smile says it all
as she records the rise and fall
of every man who's been here
But the only one here now is me
I'm fighting things I cannot see
I think it's called my destiny
that I am changing
Marlene on the wall

Am I an afternoon's pastime?
a thing on a string
to be thrown and retrieved
like a phone call received
on somebody's birthday
to tease and delight
and then say goodnight
and then just say goodbye?

Am I a toy on a tray ?
a soft piece of clay
queen or clown for the day
machine ballerina
soldier of tin
standing so loyal
while you sit so royal
then I'm put away?

Ch: For your approval,
perusal,
and your possible
refusal,
I'm amusing,
I'm a puppet for your play.

Am I your Mad Magazine?
skin trampoline
pin-up pinball machine
your fantasy girl
of puzzling parts
but none fits or starts
we match wits but not hearts
I'm heard but never seen?

Chorus again

My name is Luka
제 이름은 루카예요
I live on the second floor
2층에 살지요
I live upstairs from you
당신 집 바로 위층이요
Yes I think you've seen me before
그래요, 전에 한번 본 적 있어요
If you hear something late at night
밤 늦게 말썽이 생긴것 같거나
Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
누군가 싸우는 소리가 들려도
Just don't ask me what it was
무슨 일이 있었는지는 묻지 말아주세요
Just don't ask me what it was
별 일 아니니까
Just don't ask me what it was
아무것도 묻지 말아주세요
I think it's because I'm clumsy
제가 잘못한 일이거든요
I try not to talk too loud
조용히 말해야 하는데
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
아마 제가 좀 어리석었나봐요
I try not to act too proud
주눅든 표정을 지어야 하는데
They only hit until you cry
아래층에서 소리지르면 더이상 안때려요
And after that you don't ask why
무슨 일이었는진 묻지 마세요
You just don't argue anymore
더이상 설득하려고 하지마세요
You just don't argue anymore
제가 잘못한 거니까
You just don't argue anymore
아무것도 못들은척 해주세요
Yes I think I'm okay
네, 전 괜찮아요
I walked into the door again
다시 들어가봐야 해요
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
만약 다음에 또 물어오시면
And it's not your business anyway
당신이 참견할일이 아니라고 말할 거예요
I guess I'd like to be alone
이제 혼자 있고 싶어요
With nothing broken, nothing thrown
부러지지도 않았고 삔곳도 없어요
Just don't ask me how I am ...
더이상 괜찮은지는 묻지 마세요

My name is Luka
제 이름은 루카에요
I live on the second floor
2층에 살지요
I live upstairs from you
당신 집 바로 윗층이요
Yes, I think you've seen me before
그래요, 전에 한번 본 적 있어요

If you hear something late at night
밤 늦게 말썽이 생긴것 같거나
Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight
누군가 싸우는 소리가 들려도
Just don't ask me what it was
무슨 일이 있었는지 묻지 말아주세요
Just don't ask me what it was
아무일도 아니니까
Just don't ask me what it was
제발 아무것도 묻지 말아주세요

I think it's because I'm clumsy
제가 서툴러서 그런거같아요
I try not to talk too loud
조용히 말하려고 애쓰기는 해요
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
아마 제가 좀 어리석었나봐요
I try not to act too proud
주눅든 표정을 지어야 하는데

They only hit until you cry
그들은 그냥 울때까지만 때려요
And after that you don't ask why
그러니까 왜냐고 묻지마세요
You just don't argue anymore
더이상 설득하려고 하지마세요
You just don't argue anymore
제가 잘못한 거니까
You just don't argue anymore
더 이상 설득하려고 하지 마세요

Yes, I think I'm O.K
네, 전 괜찮아요.
I walked into the door again
다시 들어가봐야 해요
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
다음에 또 내게 물어오시면
And it's not your business anyway
당신이 참견할 일이 아니라고 말할 거에요

I guess I'd like to be alone
이제 혼자 있고 싶어요
With nothing broken,
아무데도 부러지지 않았고
nothing thrown
삔 곳도 없어요.
Just don't ask me how I am
단지, 제가 어떤지는 묻지 마세요
Just don't ask me how I am
아무렇지도 않으니
Just don't ask me how I am
제발 괜찮냐고 내게 묻지 마세요

My name is Luka
제 이름은 루카예요
I live on the second floor
2층에 살지요
I live upstairs from you
당신 집 바로 위층이요
Yes I think you've seen me before
그래요, 전에 한번 본 적 있어요
If you hear something late at night
밤 늦게 말썽이 생긴것 같거나
Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
누군가 싸우는 소리가 들려도
Just don't ask me what it was
무슨 일이 있었는지는 묻지 말아주세요
Just don't ask me what it was
별 일 아니니까
Just don't ask me what it was
아무것도 묻지 말아주세요
I think it's because I'm clumsy
제가 잘못한 일이거든요
I try not to talk too loud
조용히 말해야 하는데
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
아마 제가 좀 어리석었나봐요
I try not to act too proud
주눅든 표정을 지어야 하는데
They only hit until you cry
아래층에서 소리지르면 더이상 안때려요
And after that you don't ask why
무슨 일이었는진 묻지 마세요
You just don't argue anymore
더이상 설득하려고 하지마세요
You just don't argue anymore
제가 잘못한 거니까
You just don't argue anymore
아무것도 못들은척 해주세요
Yes I think I'm okay
네, 전 괜찮아요
I walked into the door again
다시 들어가봐야 해요
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
만약 다음에 또 물어오시면
And it's not your business anyway
당신이 참견할일이 아니라고 말할 거예요
I guess I'd like to be alone
이제 혼자 있고 싶어요
With nothing broken, nothing thrown
부러지지도 않았고 삔곳도 없어요
Just don't ask me how I am ...
더이상 괜찮은지는 묻지 마세요

My name is Luka
제 이름은 루카예요
I live on the second floor
2층에 살지요
I live upstairs from you
당신 집 바로 위층이요
Yes I think you've seen me before
그래요, 전에 한번 본 적 있어요
If you hear something late at night
밤 늦게 말썽이 생긴것 같거나
Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
누군가 싸우는 소리가 들려도
Just don't ask me what it was
무슨 일이 있었는지는 묻지 말아주세요
Just don't ask me what it was
별 일 아니니까
Just don't ask me what it was
아무것도 묻지 말아주세요
I think it's because I'm clumsy
제가 잘못한 일이거든요
I try not to talk too loud
조용히 말해야 하는데
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
아마 제가 좀 어리석었나봐요
I try not to act too proud
주눅든 표정을 지어야 하는데
They only hit until you cry
아래층에서 소리지르면 더이상 안때려요
And after that you don't ask why
무슨 일이었는진 묻지 마세요
You just don't argue anymore
더이상 설득하려고 하지마세요
You just don't argue anymore
제가 잘못한 거니까
You just don't argue anymore
아무것도 못들은척 해주세요
Yes I think I'm okay
네, 전 괜찮아요
I walked into the door again
다시 들어가봐야 해요
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
만약 다음에 또 물어오시면
And it's not your business anyway
당신이 참견할일이 아니라고 말할 거예요
I guess I'd like to be alone
이제 혼자 있고 싶어요
With nothing broken, nothing thrown
부러지지도 않았고 삔곳도 없어요
Just don't ask me how I am ...
더이상 괜찮은지는 묻지 마세요

My name is Luka
제 이름은 루카예요
I live on the second floor
2층에 살지요
I live upstairs from you
당신 집 바로 위층이요
Yes I think you've seen me before
그래요, 전에 한번 본 적 있어요
If you hear something late at night
밤 늦게 말썽이 생긴것 같거나
Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
누군가 싸우는 소리가 들려도
Just don't ask me what it was
무슨 일이 있었는지는 묻지 말아주세요
Just don't ask me what it was
별 일 아니니까
Just don't ask me what it was
아무것도 묻지 말아주세요
I think it's because I'm clumsy
제가 잘못한 일이거든요
I try not to talk too loud
조용히 말해야 하는데
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
아마 제가 좀 어리석었나봐요
I try not to act too proud
주눅든 표정을 지어야 하는데
They only hit until you cry
아래층에서 소리지르면 더이상 안때려요
And after that you don't ask why
무슨 일이었는진 묻지 마세요
You just don't argue anymore
더이상 설득하려고 하지마세요
You just don't argue anymore
제가 잘못한 거니까
You just don't argue anymore
아무것도 못들은척 해주세요
Yes I think I'm okay
네, 전 괜찮아요
I walked into the door again
다시 들어가봐야 해요
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
만약 다음에 또 물어오시면
And it's not your business anyway
당신이 참견할일이 아니라고 말할 거예요
I guess I'd like to be alone
이제 혼자 있고 싶어요
With nothing broken, nothing thrown
부러지지도 않았고 삔곳도 없어요
Just don't ask me how I am ...
더이상 괜찮은지는 묻지 마세요

My name is Luka
I live on the second floor
I live upstairs from you
Yes I think you've seen me before

If you hear something late at night
Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
Just don't ask me what it was
Just don't ask me what it was
Just don't ask me what it was

I think it's because I'm clumsy
I try not to talk too loud
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
I try not to act too proud


They only hit until you cry
And after that you don't ask why
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore
You just don't argue anymore


Yes I think I'm okay
I walked into the door again
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
And it's not your business anyway
I guess I'd like to be alone
With nothing broken, nothing thrown

Just don't ask me how I am
Just don't ask me how I am
Just don't ask me how I am

My name is Luka
제 이름은 루카예요
I live on the second floor
2층에 살지요
I live upstairs from you
당신 집 바로 위층이요
Yes I think you've seen me before
그래요, 전에 한번 본 적 있어요
If you hear something late at night
밤 늦게 말썽이 생긴것 같거나
Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
누군가 싸우는 소리가 들려도
Just don't ask me what it was
무슨 일이 있었는지는 묻지 말아주세요
Just don't ask me what it was
별 일 아니니까
Just don't ask me what it was
아무것도 묻지 말아주세요
I think it's because I'm clumsy
제가 잘못한 일이거든요
I try not to talk too loud
조용히 말해야 하는데
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
아마 제가 좀 어리석었나봐요
I try not to act too proud
주눅든 표정을 지어야 하는데
They only hit until you cry
아래층에서 소리지르면 더이상 안때려요
And after that you don't ask why
무슨 일이었는진 묻지 마세요
You just don't argue anymore
더이상 설득하려고 하지마세요
You just don't argue anymore
제가 잘못한 거니까
You just don't argue anymore
아무것도 못들은척 해주세요
Yes I think I'm okay
네, 전 괜찮아요
I walked into the door again
다시 들어가봐야 해요
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
만약 다음에 또 물어오시면
And it's not your business anyway
당신이 참견할일이 아니라고 말할 거예요
I guess I'd like to be alone
이제 혼자 있고 싶어요
With nothing broken, nothing thrown
부러지지도 않았고 삔곳도 없어요
Just don't ask me how I am ...
더이상 괜찮은지는 묻지 마세요

My name is Luka
제 이름은 루카예요
I live on the second floor
2층에 살지요
I live upstairs from you
당신 집 바로 위층이요
Yes I think you've seen me before
그래요, 전에 한번 본 적 있어요
If you hear something late at night
밤 늦게 말썽이 생긴것 같거나
Some kind of trouble. some kind of fight
누군가 싸우는 소리가 들려도
Just don't ask me what it was
무슨 일이 있었는지는 묻지 말아주세요
Just don't ask me what it was
별 일 아니니까
Just don't ask me what it was
아무것도 묻지 말아주세요
I think it's because I'm clumsy
제가 잘못한 일이거든요
I try not to talk too loud
조용히 말해야 하는데
Maybe it's because I'm crazy
아마 제가 좀 어리석었나봐요
I try not to act too proud
주눅든 표정을 지어야 하는데
They only hit until you cry
아래층에서 소리지르면 더이상 안때려요
And after that you don't ask why
무슨 일이었는진 묻지 마세요
You just don't argue anymore
더이상 설득하려고 하지마세요
You just don't argue anymore
제가 잘못한 거니까
You just don't argue anymore
아무것도 못들은척 해주세요
Yes I think I'm okay
네, 전 괜찮아요
I walked into the door again
다시 들어가봐야 해요
Well, if you ask that's what I'll say
만약 다음에 또 물어오시면
And it's not your business anyway
당신이 참견할일이 아니라고 말할 거예요
I guess I'd like to be alone
이제 혼자 있고 싶어요
With nothing broken, nothing thrown
부러지지도 않았고 삔곳도 없어요
Just don't ask me how I am ...
더이상 괜찮은지는 묻지 마세요

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

This time
When I go back to Ludlow Street
I find each stoop and doorway's incomplete
Without you there

Another generation's parties
And it is still the same old scene
I can recall each morning after
Painted in nicotine

This time
When I go back to Ludlow Street
I find each stoop and doorway's incomplete
Without you there

All of the people I once knew...
All of the ones I was close to...

Love is the only thing that matters
Love the only thing that's real

And when I think about you now
Love is the only thing I feel

This time
When I go back to Ludlow Street
I find each stoop and doorway's incomplete
Without you there

Tim, this time
When I go back to Ludlow Street
I find each stoop and doorway's incomplete
Without you there

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

This time
When I go back to Ludlow Street
I find each stoop and doorway's incomplete
Without you there

Another generation's parties
And it is still the same old scene
I can recall each morning after
Painted in nicotine

This time
When I go back to Ludlow Street
I find each stoop and doorway's incomplete
Without you there

All of the people I once knew...
All of the ones I was close to...

Love is the only thing that matters
Love the only thing that's real

And when I think about you now
Love is the only thing I feel

This time
When I go back to Ludlow Street
I find each stoop and doorway's incomplete
Without you there

Tim, this time
When I go back to Ludlow Street
I find each stoop and doorway's incomplete
Without you there

Lolita
Almost grown
Lolita
Go on home

Hey girl
Don't be a dog all your life
Don't beg for
Some little crumb of affection

Don't try
To be somebody's wife
So young
You need a word of protection

Lolita
Almost grown
Lolita
Go on home

Hey girl
I've been where you are standing
Leaning in the doorway
In your mother's black dress

So hungry
For the one understanding
Looking for a token of
Blood or tenderness

Lolita
Almost grown
Lolita
Go on home

Lolita

If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Off of the strip
In the outskirts
In the fringes
In the corner
Out of the grip
If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Off of the strip
In the outskirts
In the fringes
In the corner
Out of the grip
When they ask me
What are you looking at
I always answer
Nothing much not much
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
I think that somehow
Somewhere inside of us
We must be similar
If not the same
So I continue
To be wanting you
Left of center
Against the grain
If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Off of the strip
In the outskirts
In the fringes
In the corner
Out of the grip

When they ask me
What are you looking at
I always answer
Nothing much not
much 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

If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Wondering about you
If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Wondering about you

Wondering about you
Wondering about you

If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Wondering about you
If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Wondering about you
Wondering about you
Wondering about you

If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Off of the strip
In the outskirts
In the fringes
In the corner
Out of the grip
If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Off of the strip
In the outskirts
In the fringes
In the corner
Out of the grip
When they ask me
What are you looking at
I always answer
Nothing much not much
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
I think that somehow
Somewhere inside of us
We must be similar
If not the same
So I continue
To be wanting you
Left of center
Against the grain
If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Off of the strip
In the outskirts
In the fringes
In the corner
Out of the grip

When they ask me
What are you looking at
I always answer
Nothing much not
much 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

If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Wondering about you
If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Wondering about you

Wondering about you
Wondering about you

If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Wondering about you
If you want me
You can find me
Left of center
Wondering about you
Wondering about you
Wondering about you

Last year's troubles are so old fashioned
the robber on the highway the pirate on the seas
maybe it's the clothing that's so entertaining
the earrings and swashbuckling blouses that please

here we have heroes of times that have passed now
but nobody these days has that kind of chin
over there the petticoats of ladies of virtue
you can hardly tell them from the petticoats of sin

last year's troubles

look at all the waifs of Dickensian England
why is it their suffering is more picturesque?
must be cause their rags are so very Victorian
the ones here at home just don't give it their best

last years troubles they shine up so pretty
they gleam with a luster they don't have today
here it's just dirty and violent and troubling
etc.

last year's troubles

but trouble is still trouble and evil still evil
sometimes we wonder; is there more now, or less?
if we had a tool or could tally the handfuls
measure for measure it's the same would be my guess

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
Gone
Gone
Gone

I'd like to meet you
In a timeless, placeless place
Somewhere out of context
And beyond all consequences

Let's go back to the building
(Words are too solid)
On Little West Twelfth
It is not far away
(They don't move fast enough)
And the river is there
And the sun and the spaces
Are all laying low
(To catch the blur in the brain)
And we'll sit in the silence
(That flies by and is)
That comes rushing in and is
Gone (Gone)

I won't use words again
They don't mean what I meant
They don't say what I said
They're just the crust of the meaning
With realms underneath
Never touched
Never stirred
Never even moved through

If language were liquid
It would be rushing in
Instead here we are
In a silence more eloquent
Than any word could ever be

And is gone
Gone
Gone
And is gone