A Book & A CoverBBC 10 13 98) - 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
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
Is it too much too remember
They'll tell you one thing and then another
About a book & a cover