I will take up all your tears
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Salty tissues through the years
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Spread them in the sun to dry
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Diamonds from each time you cry
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I will treasure all your teeth
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Your laughter and the pearls beneath
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Keep them in a cardboard box
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Through the tickings and the tocks
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I will gather all your hair
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Floating in the sultry air
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We will make a braid of gold
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For you to keep when you are old
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Now I kiss your milky skin
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Sheet of silk and soul within
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Put this kiss upon your brow
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Treasure you as you are now
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As You Are Now
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| Suzanne Vega |
