St. Clare Lyrics

The song St. Clare is performed by Suzanne Vega in the album named Songs in Red and Gray in the year 2001 .



call on that saint
and the candle that burns
keeping her safe
until her return

plaster and paint
holding the fire
a poor woman's saint
holding all man's desire

bold little bird
fly away home
could I but ride herd
on the wind and the foam

all of the souls
that curl by the fire
they never know
all man's desire

watercress clings
to the banks of the stream
in the first grip of spring
when the snow melts to green

barefoot and cold
and holding a lyre
by the side of the road
holding all man's desire

call on the saint
when the white candle burns
keeping her safe
until her return



Suzanne Vega - Songs in Red and Gray

Sep 2001

  1. Penitent
  2. Widow's Walk
  3. (I'll Never Be) Your Maggie May
  4. It Makes Me Wonder
  5. Soap And Water
  6. Songs In Red And Gray
  7. Last Year's Troubles
  8. Priscilla
  9. If I Were A Weapon
  10. Harbor Song
  11. Machine Ballerina
  12. Solitaire
  13. St. Clare

St. Clare