Queen And The Soldier
Suzanne Vega
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The Hmsoldier came knocking Gupon the queen's door
He said, "Dadd9I am not Afighting for Dadd9you any Amore"
And the Hmqueen knew she'd seen his Gface someplace before
And Dslowly she Alet him Dadd9inside
He said, "HmI've watched your palace up Ghere on the hill
And I've Dadd9wondered who's the Awoman for Dadd9whom we all Akill
But I am Hmleaving tomorrow and you can Gdo what you will
Only Dfirst I am Aasking you Dadd9why"
GDown in the long narrow D/F#hall he was led
Esus4Into her rooms with her E7tapestries red
And she Hmnever once took the Gcrown from her head
She Dasked him Athere to sit Dadd9down
He said, "HmI see you now, and you are Gso very young
But I've Dadd9seen more battles Alost than I Dhave battles Awon
And I've Hmgot this intuition, says it's Gall for your fun
And Dnow will Ayou tell me Dadd9why?"
Well the Hmyoung queen, she fixed him with an Garrogant eye
She said, "You Dadd9won't underAstand, and you Dadd9may as well not Atry"
But her Hmface was a child's, and he Gthought she would cry
But she Dclosed herself Aup like a Dadd9fan
And she Gsaid, "I've swallowed a D/F#secret burning thread
It Esus4cuts me inside, and E7often I've bled"
HmHe laid his hand then on Gtop of her head
And Dhe bowed her Adown to the Dadd9ground
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"Tell me Hmhow hungry are you? How Gweak you must feel
As you Dare living here Aalone, and you are Dadd9never revealedA
But I Hmwon't march again on Gyour battlefield"
And he Dtook her to the Awindow to Dadd9see
And the Hmsun, it was gold, though the Gsky, it was gray
And Dadd9she wanted Amore than she Dadd9ever could Asay
But she Hmknew how it frightened her, and Gshe turned away
And Dwould not look at Ahis face Dadd9again
And he said, "GI want to live as D/F#an honest man
To Esus4get all I deserve and to E7give all I can
And to Hmlove a young woman who I Gdon't understand
Your Dhighness, your Aways are Dvery strange."
But the Hmcrown, it had fallen, and she Gthought she would break
And she Dadd9stood there, Aashamed of the Dadd9way her heart Aached
She took Hmhim to the doorstep and she Gasked him to wait
She would Donly be a Amoment Dadd9inside
HmOut in the distance her Gorder was heard
And the Dsoldier was Akilled, still Dwaiting for her Aword
And while the Hmqueen went on strangeling in the Gsolitude she preferred
The Dbattle Acontinued DonA
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