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The sign said Headshots
And that was all,
A picture of a boy
And a number you could call,
Two eyes in the shade
A mouth so sad and small,
It's strange the way a shadow
Can fall across the wall,
And make the difference
In what you see
He's just a poster, but
He's everywhere,
A face under a street lamp
Ripped and hanging in the air,
Turn the corner
And he's still there,
Watching all the people
Who are passing unaware,
Is there a judgement
In what he sees?
On a day
As cold
And gray
As today...
The sign says Headshots
It's all I see,
A boy becomes a picture
Of guilt and sympathy,
And so I think of you
In memory
Of the days we were together,
And I knew that you loved me
That was the difference
In what we see,
But that's history...
Copyright â¦ã±ã¬´ 1996 WB Music Corp.(ASCAP)/Waifersongs, Ltd. (ASCAP)/Wyoming Flesh Publishing (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved/Used By Permission
Suzanne Vega - vocals
Pete Thomas - drums
Steve Donnelly - electric guitars
Bruce Thomas - bass
Mitchell Froom - keyboards
Tchad Blake - whistle sample
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