The Am soldier came Am knocking upo F n the queen's d F oor
He said, " Cadd9 I am not fi G ghting for Cadd9 you anymo G re"
And the Am queen knew she'd Am seen his face F someplace before
And s C lowly she l G et him in Cadd9 side
He said, " Am I've watched your Am palace up he F re on the hi F ll
And I've Cadd9 wondered who's the w G oman for Cadd9 whom we all k G ill
But I am Am leaving to Am morrow, and you can d F o what you wil F l
Only f C irst I am a G sking you Cadd9 why"
Do F wn the l F ong narr C9 ow hall he was l C9 ed
D7sus4 Into her D7sus4 room with her D7 tapestries Dm red
And Am she never Am once took the cr F own from her h F ead
She as C ked him t G here to sit Cadd9 down
He said, "I s Am ee you n Am ow and you are F so very yo F ung
But I've s Cadd9 een more battles l G ost than Cadd9 I have battles w G on
And I've Am got this intu Am ition says it's a F ll for your f F un
And C now will G you tell me w Cadd9 hy?"
Well the y Am oung queen, she f Am ixed him with an arr F ogant eye F
She said, "You w Cadd9 on't understan G d, and you m Cadd9 ay as well not t G ry"
But her f Am ace was a chi Am ld's, and he t F hought she would c F ry
But she c C losed herself G up like a Cadd9 fan
And she F said, "I have s F wallowed a s C9 ecret burning th C9 read
It D7sus4 cuts me ins D7sus4 ide and o D7 ften I've b Dm led"
And he l Am aid his hand t Am hen on the t F op of her h F ead
And h C e bowed her do G wn to the gr Cadd9 ound
Ooo D7 oooooooo Dm ooH
O Cadd9 ooooooooooooooH
"Tell me Am how hungry are y Am ou, how w F eak you must f F eel
As you are Cadd9 living here al G one and you are n Cadd9 ever reveal G ed
But I Am won't march ag Am ain on yo F ur battlefi F eld"
And he t C ook her to the w G indow to s Cadd9 ee
And the s Am un it was g Am old, though the F sky it was g F rey
And Cadd9 she wanted m G ore than she Cadd9 ever could s G ay
But she Am knew how it Am frightened her and F she turned aw F ay
And would C not look at G his face Cadd9 again
He said, " F I want to F live as C9 an honest C9 man
To D7sus4 get all I des D7sus4 erve and to g D7 ive all I c Dm an
And to l Am ove a young w An oman whom I F don't underst F and
Your h C ighness, your wa G ys are very st Cadd9 range"
But the cr Am own, it had fal Am len, and she th F ought she would br F eak
And she s Cadd9 tood there ash G amed of the Cadd9 way her heart ac G hed
And she t Am ook him to the d Am oorstep and she as F ked him to w F ait
She would o C nly be a m G oment ins Cadd9 ide
(play chords sharply)
Am Out in the Am distance her or F der was h F eard
And the sol C dier was ki G lled still wait C ing for her wo G rd
A F nd while the queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred
The battl C e G continued on C G
Ooo D7 oooooooo Dm oooooh
O Cadd9 ooooooooooooooooh
fade on Cadd9
Suzanne Vega
