Music & Lyrics by Suzanne Vega
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What's that they told you
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about a book & a cover?
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Don't judge so quickly,
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Is it too much too remember?
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'Cause pictures lie,
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you know.
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I'll show
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it's so.
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Just give it one thought.
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What's that they taught you?
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To revere a kind of beauty?
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To paint on that pretty veneer
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and try to hide whatever's dirty?
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Well, faces lie.
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You'll see
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no sympathy.
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Just give it one thought.
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Come here and I will whisper true
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about the things I know of you,
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and you will recognize them,
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always...
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As near to you as breath and bone,
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so dear to me, and yours alone,
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and I will love you for them,
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always...
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What's that they tell you
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about a book & a cover?
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Don't judge so quickly.
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They'll tell you one thing and then another.
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But see what lies
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within,
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under the skin.
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Just give it one thought.
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Book & A Cover
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| Suzanne Vega |
