suzanne vega
room off the street
Somewhere in a room With a poster on a wall Of a man with his hand In a fist  Is a woman who's drinking And her dress is so tight You can see every breath That she takes  Every sigh, every sway You can hear everything that they say Something's begun like a war Or a family or a friendship Or a fast love affair  The man on the wall Is his symbol of freedom It means he has brothers Who believe as he does  She is moved by The thing that she sees in his face When he talks of The cause  Every sigh, every sway You can hear everything that they say Something's begun like a war Or a family or a friendship Or a fast love affair  She leans against him Her dress is so red They talk of the salt And the truth and the bread  The night goes along The fan goes around In the room off the street At the end of the town  Every sigh, every sway You can hear everything that they say Something's begun like a war Or a family or a friendship Or a fast love affair