Widow's Walk

Artist：suzanne vega
Songs Title：widow’s walk

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

Its not the man, but its 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 theres 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 would have to tell you this;

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

I knew that ship was empty by the time it hit the rocks,

Cause 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?
Il put my house in order now and wait upon the will,

Cause its 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 omens
All point to fail.

Suzanne vega, c feb, 2000