Queen And The Soldier
Suzanne Vega
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C#m A E H E
The C#msoldier came knocking Aupon the queen's door
He said, "Eadd9I am not Hfighting for Eadd9you any Hmore"
And the C#mqueen knew she'd seen his Aface someplace before
And Eslowly she Hlet him Eadd9inside
He said, "C#mI've watched your palace up Ahere on the hill
And I've Eadd9wondered who's the Hwoman for Eadd9whom we all Hkill
But I am C#mleaving tomorrow and you can Ado what you will
Only Efirst I am Hasking you Eadd9why"
ADown in the long narrow E/G#hall he was led
F#sus4Into her rooms with her F#7tapestries red
And she C#mnever once took the Acrown from her head
She Easked him Hthere to sit Eadd9down
He said, "C#mI see you now, and you are Aso very young
But I've Eadd9seen more battles Hlost than I Ehave battles Hwon
And I've C#mgot this intuition, says it's Aall for your fun
And Enow will Hyou tell me Eadd9why?"
Well the C#myoung queen, she fixed him with an Aarrogant eye
She said, "You Eadd9won't underHstand, and you Eadd9may as well not Htry"
But her C#mface was a child's, and he Athought she would cry
But she Eclosed herself Hup like a Eadd9fan
And she Asaid, "I've swallowed a E/G#secret burning thread
It F#sus4cuts me inside, and F#7often I've bled"
C#mHe laid his hand then on Atop of her head
And Ehe bowed her Hdown to the Eadd9ground
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"Tell me C#mhow hungry are you? How Aweak you must feel
As you Eare living here Halone, and you are Eadd9never revealedH
But I C#mwon't march again on Ayour battlefield"
And he Etook her to the Hwindow to Eadd9see
And the C#msun, it was gold, though the Asky, it was gray
And Eadd9she wanted Hmore than she Eadd9ever could Hsay
But she C#mknew how it frightened her, and Ashe turned away
And Ewould not look at Hhis face Eadd9again
And he said, "AI want to live as E/G#an honest man
To F#sus4get all I deserve and to F#7give all I can
And to C#mlove a young woman who I Adon't understand
Your Ehighness, your Hways are Every strange."
But the C#mcrown, it had fallen, and she Athought she would break
And she Eadd9stood there, Hashamed of the Eadd9way her heart Hached
She took C#mhim to the doorstep and she Aasked him to wait
She would Eonly be a Hmoment Eadd9inside
C#mOut in the distance her Aorder was heard
And the Esoldier was Hkilled, still Ewaiting for her Hword
And while the C#mqueen went on strangeling in the Asolitude she preferred
The Ebattle Hcontinued EonH
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