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Widows Walk - Lyrics by Suzanne Vega


Lyrics
Consider me a widow, boys
and I will tell you why.

It's not the man, but it's the marriage
that was drowned.


So I walk the walk
and wait with watchful eye out to the sky,

Looking for a kind of vessel
I have never found.


Though I saw it splinter
I keep looking out to sea,

Like a dog with little sense,
I keep returning,


To the very area where
I did see the thing go down
as if there's something at the site
I should be learning.


That line is the horizon.

We watch the wind and set the sail,
but save ourselves when all omens
point to fail.


If I tell the truth
then I will have to tell you this

Though I grieve (and I believe
i feel it truly)


But I knew that ship was empty
by the time it hit the rocks,
we could not hold on
when fate became unruly.


So consider me a widow, boys,
and I have told you why.

Does the weather say
a better day is nearing?

I'll set my house in order now
and wait upon the Will

It's clear that I need
better skill in steering...


That line is the horizon.

We watch the wind and set the sail,

But save ourselves when all omens
point to fail.

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry