Book A Cover lyrics

Music & Lyrics by Suzanne Vega



What`s that they told you

about a book & a cover?

Don`t judge so quickly,

Is it too much too remember?

`Cause pictures lie,

you know.

I`ll show

it`s so.

Just give it one thought.



What`s that they taught you?

To revere a kind of beauty?

To paint on that pretty veneer

and try to hide whatever`s dirty?

Well, faces lie.

You`ll see

no sympathy.

Just give it one thought.



Come here and I will whisper true

about the things I know of you,

and you will recognize them,

always...



As near to you as breath and bone,

so dear to me, and yours alone,

and I will love you for them,

always...



What`s that they tell you

about a book & a cover?

Don`t judge so quickly.

They`ll tell you one thing and then another.

But see what lies

within,

under the skin.

Just give it one thought.