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Cool day; bright but watery winter sun that glares in your eyes when you look up.
The song provides solace where there is lonliness shattered dreams.
Solitude and nothingness and empathy are feelings/senses the song can evoke. Brilliant!!
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Today I am a small blue thing
Like a marble or an eye
With my knees against my mouth
I am perfectly round

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  • DwightTheRoadie

    I first heard Suzanne's voice when I was not very well following a car accident, and laid up in Addenbroke's Hospital, Cambridge. Those memories have stuck with me ever since - that was 1989! Her voice helped me through my recovery.....thank you, Suzanne!

    7 Jul 2012 Reply

  • poncho1111

    today i am a small blue thing made of china made of glass...

    15 Dec 2011 Reply

  • hairbear36

    Funny, I hated her music years ago, it sounds ok now.

    26 Oct 2011 Reply

  • toffea

    Just superb

    24 Sep 2011 Reply

  • ktotammm

    What an amazing(ly underrated) artist. Greatly enjoyed her concert in Tel Aviv a few years back.

    4 Sep 2011 Reply

  • kiteo

    Autumn curled up on the settee listening to Suzanne - my sad adolescence!

    31 Aug 2011 Reply

  • ladycaroledowns

    Lovely thanks Martin :-)

    14 Aug 2011 Reply

  • karlkandinsky

    magical

    10 Aug 2011 Reply

  • luke_suspicious

    scattering like light.

    8 Aug 2011 Reply

  • skwerl88

    This always reminds me of train journeys as a child in the bright morning light...it never fails to moisten my eyes......

    11 Apr 2011 Reply

  • chromiumnumbers

    With my knees against my mouth I am perfectly round I am watching you I am cold against your skin...thanks for the lovely, melodic poetry, Suzanne, scattering me like light.

    2 Feb 2011 Reply

  • hairbear36

    Funny, never liked her years ago, I must be mellowing.

    21 Dec 2010 Reply

  • _danton_

    when her first album came out- if there was one song that summed up Vega... it was this... mind you its a close tie between this and Marlene on the Wall... either way- its as brilliant now as it was then...

    26 Sep 2010 Reply

  • CoconutWarrior

    love it

    18 Sep 2010 Reply

  • JuelliSabbo

    so alt und ich liebe diesen Song immer noch

    24 Apr 2010 Reply

  • gothicslinkysis

    My most favourite Suzanne Vega song (and she's done so many great ones!) I love song sooo much :)

    7 Mar 2010 Reply

  • drumnvoice

    voice, what else? ...great song...groovefreaks >> join and enjoy "Seven Days" / "Esther" by Toke / available online iTunes / amazon, best regards www.last.fm/user/drumnvoice

    14 Feb 2010 Reply

  • charlie1207

    The most beautiful lyrics! ♥

    6 Jan 2010 Reply

  • scottjessuk

    amazing song

    29 Nov 2009 Reply

  • Vinyltrap

    Maybe my favourite "Aswell".../;~}

    1 Sep 2009 Reply
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