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My Favourite Plum

My favorite plum
hangs so far from me
See how it sleeps
and hear how it calls to me

See how the flesh
presses the skin,
It must be bursting
with secrets within,
I've seen the rest, yes
and that is the one for me

See how it shines
it will be so sweet
I've been so dry
it would make my heart complete

See how it lays
languid and slow
Never noticing
me here below
I've seen the best, yes
and that is the one for me

Maybe a girl will take it
Maybe a boy will steal it
Maybe a shake of the bough
will wake it and make it fall

My favorite plum
lies in wait for me
I'll be right here
longing endlessly

You'll say that I'm
foolish to trust
But it will be mine
and I know that it must
cause I've had the rest, yes
and that is the one for me
I've seen the best, yes
and that is the one for me

Lyrics : Suzanne Vega
Copyright : © 1996 WB Music Corp. / Waifersongs Ltd.
Album : Nine Objects Of Desire

"Nine Objects Of Desire" - tracklist :

Notes:

"Well, it's a song that began as looking at a person and desiring that person and then it just became more abstract from there. The plum became this obscure object of desire. It started to mean everything I'd ever wanted, that you long for and hope for, and you don't quite get it. And the song - you're prepared to stand there under the tree and wait for it forever if you have to. The song is really about hoping and longing and just being so utterly convinced that this is really the one for you. It's kind of an odd song in a way. It's just very suspenseful."
Music Power Network interview by Mr. Bonzai (http://www.vega.net/bonzai.htm)

The object of desire is a plum. [Ed.]