Suzanne Vega - Queen and the soldier
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The Amsoldier came Amknocking upoFsus9n the queen's Fsus9door
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He said, "I am not fighting for you anymore"
And the Amqueen knew she'd Amseen his face Fsus9 someplace bFsus9efore
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And slowly she let him inside
He said, &Amquot;I've watched Amyour palaceFsus9 up here on thFsus9e hill
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And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
But I am Amleaving toAmmorrow, and you can dFsus9o what you wilFsus9l
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Only first I am asking you why"
DoF9wn the lF9ong narrC9ow hall he was lC9ed
D7sus4Into her D7sus4room with her D7tapestries Dmred
And Amshe never Amonce took the crF9own from her hF9ead
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She asked him there to sit down
He said, &quoAmt;I see Amyou now and youF9 are so veF9ry young
But I've sCadd9een more battles lGost than Cadd9I have battles wGon
And I've Amgot this intuAmition says it's aF9ll for your fF9un
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And now will you tell me why?"
Well the yAmoung queen, she fAmixed him with an arrF9ogant eye F9
She said, "Cadd9You won't undeGrstand, and Cadd9you may as well Gnot try"
But her fAmace was a chiAmld's, and he tF9hought she would cF9ry
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But she closed herself up like a fan
And she F9said, "I hF9ave swalloweC9d a secret burniC9ng thread
It D7sus4cuts me insD7sus4ide and oD7ften I've bDmled"
And he lAmaid his hand tAmhen on the tF9op of her hF9ead
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And he bowed her down to the ground
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Am Am Fsus9 Fsus9 Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9
["Oooooh" and instrumental]
"TelAml me how hungry Amare you, F9how weak you mF9ust feel
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As you are living here alone and you are never revealed
But I Amwon't march agAmain on yoF9ur battlefiF9eld"
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And he took her to the window to see
And the sAmun it was gAmold, though the F9sky it was gF9rey
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And she wanted more than she ever could say
But she Amknew how it Amfrightened her and F9she turned awF9ay
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And would not look at his face again
He said, &F9quot;I wanF9t to livC9e as an hoC9nest man
To D7sus4get all I desD7sus4erve and to gD7ive all I cDman
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And to love a young woman whom I don't understand
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Your highness, your ways are very strange"
But the crAmown, it had falAmlen, and she thF9ought she would brF9eak
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And she stood there ashamed of the way her heart ached
And she tAmook him to the dAmoorstep and she asF9ked him to wF9ait
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She would only be a moment inside
AmOut in the Amdistance her Fsus2order was Fsus2heard
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And the soldier was killed still waiting for her word
And while the Amqueen went on Amstrangling in the Fsus9solitude she preFsus9ferred
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The battle continued on
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Am Am Fsus9 Fsus9 Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9
["Oooooh" and instrumental]
Csus9[repeat Csus9and fade]
Am Fsus9 Csus9
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