book and a cover

Suzanne Vega

What's that they told you
About a book & a cover?
Don't judge so quickly,
Is it too much too remember?
'Cause pictures lie,
You know
I'll show
It's so
Just give it one thought...

What's that they taught you?
To revere a kind of beauty?
To paint on that pretty veneer
And try to hide whatever's dirty?
Well, faces lie
You'll see
No sympathy
Just give it one thought...

Come here and i will whisper true
About the things i know of you,
And you will recognize them,
Always...

As near to you as breath and bone,
So dear to me, and yours alone,
And i will love you for them,
Always...

What's that they tell you
About a book & a cover?
Don't judge so quickly
They'll tell you one
Thing and then another
But see what lies
Within,
Under the skin
Just give it one thought...