Soap And Water - Lyrics by Suzanne Vega


Lyrics
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
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