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Caramel

It won't do
to dream of caramel
to think of cinnamon
and long for you

It won't do
to stir a deep desire
to fan a hidden fire
that can never burn true

I know your name
I know your skin
I know the way
these things begin

But I don't know
how I would live with myself
what I'd forgive of myself
if you don't go.

So goodbye
sweet appetite
no single bite
could satisfy


I know your name
I know your skin
I know the way
these things begin

But I don't know
what I would give of myself
how I would live with myself
if you don't go
It won't do
to dream of caramel
to think of cinnamon
and long
for you

single cover
Single release : 04.1996
Lyrics : Suzanne Vega
Copyright : © 1996 WB Music Corp. / Waifersongs Ltd.
Album : Nine Objects Of Desire

"Nine Objects Of Desire" - tracklist :

Notes:

"Caramel" was intended to be one of those old fashioned songs, like "Girl From Ipanema," or what Astrud Gilberto would sing. I used to really love that kind of music when I was a teenager, and so it's a song about longing for something and wishing for something you know you really shouldn't have. Caramel is the metaphor for the thing you long for, but you shouldn't really touch."
Music Power Network interview by Mr. Bonzai (http://www.vega.net/bonzai.htm)

The objective of desire is a man, another one than in Headshots and Casual Match. [Ed.]

"Caramel was a little bit of a tribute, I guess, to the Bossa Nova music from the '60s that I used to love to listen to. I used to like to hear Astrud Gilberto who sang the song The Girl From Ipanema. And so, I'd always wanted to write a song that was like that. And this is my version of that kind of song." Suzanne Discusses Tried and TrueSuzanne Discusses Each Song on Tried and True september, 1998 http://www.suzannevega.com/about/1998/triedandtrue.htm