They only hit until you cry,
After that, you don't ask why.

Suzanne Nadine Vega (born 11 July 1959) is an American singer-songwriter known for her eclectic folk-inspired music.

Quotes

I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
Only first I am asking you why.

Suzanne Vega (1985)

  • The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door,
    He said "I am not fighting for you any more."
    • The Queen and the Soldier
  • "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
    And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
    But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
    Only first I am asking you why.
    • The Queen and the Soldier
  • I have swallowed a secret burning thread.
    • The Queen and the Soldier
  • I won't march again on your battlefield.
    • The Queen and the Soldier
  • If you were to kill me now right here,
    I would still look you in the eye
    • In the Eye

Solitude Standing (1987)

I am sitting in the morning
at the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter
for the man to pour the coffee
  • I am sitting in the morning
    at the diner on the corner
    I am waiting at the counter
    for the man to pour the coffee
    and he fills it only halfway
    and before I even argue
    he is looking out the window
    at somebody coming in.
    • Tom's Diner
  • I open up the paper,
    there's the story of an actor
    who had died while he was drinking,
    it was no one I had heard of.
    • Tom's Diner
  • My name is Luka.
    I live on the second floor.
    I live upstairs from you.
    Yes, I think you've seen me before.
    • Luka
  • If you hear something late at night,
    Some kind of trouble, some kind of fight,
    Just don't ask me what it was.
    • Luka
  • They only hit until you cry,
    After that, you don't ask why.
    • Luka
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