(If You Were) In My Movie

If you were in my movie
I'd have you as the doctor
Small black bag
And a big black coat
I'd have you make a house call
To the woman
You could lay your
Diagnostic hand
Upon her belly and her throat

If you were in my movie
You could be the detective
You could sit behind the desk
With a question on your lip
Examine her for motive
Investigate the scene
In the ever present danger
Keep the holster at your hip

If you were in my movie
You could be the priest
Long black frock
White collar at the neck
You could come to the confession
You could give a girl a thrill
You could save her from her passion
Keep her body in check

If you were in my movie
You could be the gangster
Double-breasted pinstriped
Man with the cigarette
Go running down the alley
With a double-crossing blond
Explaining to the jury
That you hadn't done anything yet

Lyrics :	Suzanne Vega
Copyright :	© 1992 WB Music Corp. / Waifersongs Ltd.
Album :	99.9° F
"99.9° F" - tracklist : Rock In This Pocket (Song Of David) Blood Makes Noise In Liverpool 99.9° F Blood Sings Fat Man & Dancing Girl (If You Were) In My Movie As A Child Bad Wisdom When Heroes Go Down As Girls Go Song Of Sand Private Goes Public* * Available on the European Release only

Notes:

"Another song which is called "(If You Were) In My Movie" which is a very straightforward song and it's a sort of flirting song with someone. If you were in my movie: these are the parts you would play and the parts are: a detective, a gangster, a priest and a doctor. It's easy to see what the songs are about. They are about real things."
From the fanzine "Language", 1991 (http://www.vega.net/svihow.htm) trancription by Eric Szczerbinski

"The song is about flirting. It's a flirting kind of song. It's a song looking at another person and saying these are qualities that you could be, that you could have within you. These are the things that I see.
It's putting a glamorous light on someone's character. Saying these are the things that, when I look at you, these are the things I see. It's like taking someone's basic nature and making it more than it actually is."
The Suzanne Vega - Leonard Cohen Interview, October 1992 (http://www.vega.net/cohnint1.htm), transcribed by Eric Szczerbinski

For medical themes see 99.9F.