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Thin Man

He is not my friend, but he is with me
Like a shadow is with a foot that falls
His hand is on my back when I step from the sidewalk
Or when I'm walking down these darkened halls

He's the Thin Man
With a date for me
To arrive at some point
I don't know when it will be

I can feel his eyes when I don't expect him
In the back seat of a taxi down Vestry Street
His arm is around my waist and he pulls me down to him
He whispers things into my ear that sound so sweet

He's the Thin Man
With a date for me
To arrive at some point
I don't know when it will be

He is not my friend, but he is with me
And he promises a peace I never knew
I cannot give in, no, I must refuse him
But could I really be the one to resist that kiss so true

He's the Thin Man
With a date for me
To arrive at some point
I don't know when it will be
Lyrics : Suzanne Vega
Copyright : © 1996 WB Music Corp. / Waifersongs Ltd.
Album : Nine Objects Of Desire

"Nine Objects Of Desire" - tracklist :

Notes:

Suzanne on the motivation to write "Thin Man":
"Well, "Thin Man" is one of the songs that I mentioned to you before, where the specter of death comes into it. I think there was a Jacques Brel song that said, and I'm paraphrasing, "My death is a young woman with her arm around my waist who accompanies me around the city." I loved that line, and I loved the song, and it's a French song, so I paraphrased it to be New York and to be the Thin Man who accompanies me around the city. So, he's the figure of death, as a suitor that you have to resist to the very end."
Music Power Network interview by Mr. Bonzai (http://www.vega.net/bonzai.htm)

The object of desire is the figure of death. [Ed.]