Undertow Lyrics

I believe right now if I could I would swallow you whole
I would leave only bones and teeth, we could see what was underneath
And you would be free then

Once I thought only tears could make us free
Salt wearing down to the bone like sand against the stone
Against the shoreline

I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you

I wanted to learn all the secrets from the edge of a knife
From the point of a needle from a diamond, from a bullet in flight
I would be free then

I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you

I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you

I wanted to see how it would feel to be that sleek
And instead I find this hunger's made me weak
I believe right now if I could I would swallow you whole
I would leave only bones and teeth we could see what was underneath
And you would be free then, free then

I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you

I am friend to the undertow
I take you in, I don't let go
And now I have you

Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega

Feb 1993

1. Cracking
2. Freeze Tag
3. Marlene On The Wall
4. Small Blue Thing
5. Straight Lines
6. Undertow
7. Some Journey
8. The Queen And The Soldier
9. Knight Moves
10. Neighborhood Girls