[ti:penitent]
[ar:Suzanne Vega]
[al:Retrospective The Best Of]
[00:04.11]Penitent
[00:16.70]Once I stood alone so proud
[00:19.31]held myself above the crowd
[00:21.58]now i am low on the ground.
[00:26.81]From here i look around to see
[00:29.10]what avenues belong to me
[00:31.59]I can't tell what i've found.
[00:36.94]Now what would You have me do
[00:42.65]i ask you please?
[00:47.81]I wait to hear.
[00:59.34]The mother, and the matador,
[01:01.82]the mystic, all were here before,
[01:04.26]like me, to stare You down.
[01:09.33]You appear without a face,
[01:11.88]disappear, but leave your trace,
[01:14.29]i feel your unseen frown.
[01:19.39]Now what would you have me do
[01:25.18]I ask you please?
[01:30.33]i wait to hear
[01:33.86]your voice,
[01:36.23]the word,
[01:38.69]you say.
[01:41.47]i wait to see your sign
[01:46.22]would i
[01:51.40]obey?
[02:01.34]I look for you in heathered moor,
[02:04.28]the desert, and the ocean floor
[02:06.68]how low does one heart go.
[02:11.80]looking for your fingerprints
[02:14.26]i find them in coincidence,
[02:16.40]and make my faith to grow.
[02:21.77]Forgive me all my blindnesses
[02:24.25]my weakness and unkindnesses
[02:26.46]as yet unbending still.
[02:31.74]struggling so hard to see
[02:34.18]my fist against eternity
[02:36.40]and will you break my will?
[02:41.83]Now what would you have me do
[02:47.54]i ask you please?
[02:52.72]i wait to hear
[02:56.07]your voice,
[02:58.56]the word
[03:01.10]you say
[03:03.74]i wait
[03:06.14]to see your sign
[03:08.80]could i
[03:14.02]obey?
[03:17.11]Now what would you have me do
[03:22.57]I ask you please?
[03:27.74]i wait to hear
[03:31.35]your voice,
[03:33.70]the word,
[03:36.17]you say.
[03:38.76]i wait to see your sign
[03:43.78]would i
[03:49.15]obey?