Music & lyrics by suzanne vega

What’s that they told you

About a book & a cover?

Don’t judge so quickly,

Is it too much too remember?

’cause pictures lie,

You know.

I’ll show

It’s so.

Just give it one thought.

What’s that they taught you?

To revere a kind of beauty?

To paint on that pretty veneer

And try to hide whatever’s dirty?

Well, faces lie.

You’ll see

No sympathy.

Just give it one thought.

Come here and i will whisper true

About the things i know of you,

And you will recognize them,

Always...

As near to you as breath and bone,

So dear to me, and yours alone,

And i will love you for them,

Always...

What’s that they tell you

About a book & a cover?

Don’t judge so quickly.

They’ll tell you one thing and then another.

But see what lies

Within,

Under the skin.

Just give it one thought.

Come here and i will whisper true

About the things i know of you,

And you will recognize them,

Always...

As near to you as breath and bone,

So dear to me, and yours alone,

And i will love you for them,

Always...

What’s that they told you

About a book & a cover?

Is it too much too remember?