Queen And The Soldier
Suzanne Vega
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The Bmsoldier came knocking Gupon the queen's door
He said, "DI am not Afighting for Dyou any Amore"
And the Bmqueen knew she'd seen his Gface someplace before
And Dslowly she Alet him Dinside
He said, "BmI've watched your palace up Ghere on the hill
And I've Dwondered who's the Awoman for Dwhom we all Akill
But I am Bmleaving tomorrow and you can Gdo what you will
Only Dfirst I am Aasking you Dwhy"
GDown in the long narrow D/F#hall he was led
Esus4Into her rooms with her E7tapestries red
And she Bmnever once took the Gcrown from her head
She Dasked him Athere to sit Ddown
He said, "BmI see you now, and you are Gso very young
But I've Dseen more battles Alost than I Dhave battles Awon
And I've Bmgot this intuition, says it's Gall for your fun
And Dnow will Ayou tell me Dwhy?"
Well the Bmyoung queen, she fixed him with an Garrogant eye
She said, "You Dwon't underAstand, and you Dmay as well not Atry"
But her Bmface was a child's, and he Gthought she would cry
But she Dclosed herself Aup like a Dfan
And she Gsaid, "I've swallowed a D/F#secret burning thread
It Esus4cuts me inside, and E7often I've bled"
BmHe laid his hand then on Gtop of her head
And Dhe bowed her Adown to the Dground
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"Tell me Bmhow hungry are you? How Gweak you must feel
As you Dare living here Aalone, and you are Dnever revealedA
But I Bmwon't march again on Gyour battlefield"
And he Dtook her to the Awindow to Dsee
And the Bmsun, it was gold, though the Gsky, it was gray
And Dshe wanted Amore than she Dever could Asay
But she Bmknew how it frightened her, and Gshe turned away
And Dwould not look at Ahis face Dagain
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 Bmlove a young woman who I Gdon't understand
Your Dhighness, your Aways are Dvery strange."
But the Bmcrown, it had fallen, and she Gthought she would break
And she Dstood there, Aashamed of the Dway her heart Aached
She took Bmhim to the doorstep and she Gasked him to wait
She would Donly be a Amoment Dinside
BmOut in the distance her Gorder was heard
And the Dsoldier was Akilled, still Dwaiting for her Aword
And while the Bmqueen went on strangeling in the Gsolitude she preferred
The Dbattle Acontinued DonA
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