Widow's Walk lyrics

Song information

Artist: Suzanne Vega
Album: Songs In Red And Gray

Lyrics

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

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

"Songs In Red And Gray" album track list