Suzanne Vega Quotes

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They only hit until you cry,
After that, you don't ask why.

Suzanne Vega
If you were to kill me now right here,
I would still look you in the eye

Suzanne Vega
"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.

Suzanne Vega
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.

Suzanne Vega
The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door,
He said "I am not fighting for you any more."

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

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

Suzanne Vega
Mother my friends are no longer my friends
And the games we once played have no meaning
I've gone serious and shy and they can't figure why
So they've left me to my own daydreaming.

Suzanne Vega
I am sitting in the morning
at the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter
for the man to pour the coffee
and he fills it only halfway
and before I even argue
he is looking out the window
at somebody coming in.

Suzanne Vega
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

Suzanne Vega
If you have to fight a crowd of boys, it's best to go for the biggest one. That way you won't have to fight them all. The others will see that you mean business and you will win their respect.

Suzanne Vega