Edith Wharton's Figurine Lyrics

The song Edith Wharton's Figurine is performed by Suzanne Vega in the album named Beauty & Crime in the year 2007 .



Edith Wharton's lovely figurines
Still speak to me today
From their mantelpiece in time
Where they wrestle and they play

With pa*sions and with prudences
Finances and fears
Her face, what it's worth to her
In the pa*sing of the years

See the portrait come to life
See the vanity behind
'Cause in the struggle for survival
Love is never blind

Now Olivia lies under anesthesia
Her wit and wonder snuffed
In a routine operation
Her own beauty not enough

Her pa*sions and her prudences
Finances and fears
Her face, what it's worth to her
In the pa*sing of the years

See the portrait come to life
See the vanity behind
'Cause in the struggle for survival
Love is never blind

Edith Wharton's lovely figurines
Still speak to me today
From their mantelpiece in time
Where they wrestle and they play

We lie under anesthesia
Our wit and wonder snuffed
In our routine operations
Our own beauty not enough



Suzanne Vega - Beauty & Crime

Jul 2007

  1. Zephyr & I
  2. Ludlow Street
  3. New York Is A Woman
  4. Pornoghrapher's Dream
  5. Frank & Ava
  6. Edith Wharton's Figurine
  7. Bound
  8. Unbound
  9. As You Are Now
  10. Angel's Doorway
  11. Anniversary

Edith Wharton's Figurine