Widows Walk - Suzanne Vega

Consider me a widow, boys

And I will tell you why

It’s not the man

But it’s the marriage that was drowned

So I walk the walk

And wait with watchful eye up to the sky

Looking for a kind of vessel

I have never found

Though I saw it splinter

I keep looking out to sea

Like a dog with little sense

I keep returning

To the very area

Where I did see the thing go down

As if there’s something at the site

I should be learning

That line is the horizon

We watch the wind and set the sail

But save ourselves when all omens

Point to fail

And if I tell the truth

Then I would have to tell you this

Though I grieve and I believe

I feel it truly

But I knew the ship was empty

By the time it hit the rocks

'Cause we could not hold on

When fate became unruly

So consider me a widow, boys

And I have told you why

Does the weather say

A better day is nearing?

And I’ll set my house in order now

And wait upon the will

'Cause it’s clear that I need

Better skill in steering

That line is the horizon

We watch the wind and set the sail

But save ourselves when all omens

Point to fail

That line is the horizon

We watch the wind and set the sail

But save ourselves when all omens

Point to fail

Point to fail

Point to fail