Suzanne Vega -
Solitude Standing: Live at the Barbican (25th Anniversary Concert, 16th October 2012)
Tom's Diner (Live)
Thank you
Thanks
Thanks for coming out
I appreciate it. So you know why we're here, right?
We're celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of Solitude Standing
This solemn occasion to sing the whole album from beginning to the end
Something that is
Thank you
We hardly ever do that anymore
Usually we have our playlist and we stick to that
But back then this is what we did, and that's what we're gonna do now
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
And I'm pretending not to see them
And 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 has gotten 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
And I finish up my coffee
And it's time to catch the train
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Thank you
Thanks
Well, thanks
That's how I used to start every show
You guys were hardly even breathing
I didn't even hear you breathe!
So we're gonna continue. All right
Thanks
Thanks for coming out
I appreciate it. So you know why we're here, right?
We're celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of Solitude Standing
This solemn occasion to sing the whole album from beginning to the end
Something that is
Thank you
We hardly ever do that anymore
Usually we have our playlist and we stick to that
But back then this is what we did, and that's what we're gonna do now
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
And I'm pretending not to see them
And 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 has gotten 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
And I finish up my coffee
And it's time to catch the train
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo-doo doo
Thank you
Thanks
Well, thanks
That's how I used to start every show
You guys were hardly even breathing
I didn't even hear you breathe!
So we're gonna continue. All right
Credits
Writer(s): Suzanne Vega
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