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Track: Penitent
Artist: Suzanne Vega
Album: Songs In Red And Gray

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Name: Suzanne Vega
Spotify Genres: singer-songwriter
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American singer-songwriter, born July 11, 1959 in Santa Monica, California, US. New York City-based since 1962. She is also referred to as the "Mother of MP3" as the original acapella version of [Link] was used to develop the fine-tuning of the compression codec.

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Release: Suzanne Vega - Penitent
Year: 2001
Genres: Rock
Styles: Folk Rock

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LYRICS

Once I stood alone so proud
held myself above the crowd
now i am low on the ground.
From here i look around to see
what avenues belong to me
I can't tell what ive found.

Now what would You have me do
i ask you please?
I wait to hear.

The mother, and the matador,
the mystic, all were here before,
like me, to stare You down.

You appear without a face,
disappear, but leave your trace,
i feel your unseen frown.

Now what would you have me do
I ask you please?
i wait to hear
your voice,
the word,
you say.
i wait to see your sign
would i
obey?

I look for you in heathered moor,
the desert, and the ocean floor
how low does one heart go.

looking for your fingerprints
i find them in coincidence,
and make my faith to grow.

Forgive me all my blindnesses
my weakness and unkindnesses
as yet unbending still.

struggling so hard to see
my fist against eternity
and will you break my will?

Now what would you have me do
i ask you please?
i wait to hear
your voice,
the word
you say
i wait
to see your sign
could i
obey?