Suzanne Vega - 'Tom's Diner'

Hey! Today I've got a new listening exercise for you - Suzanne Vega's song - 'Tom's Diner'. Suzanne Vega is an American songwriter and singer performing eclectic folk-inspired music. The song, first released in 1984, was also used as the background soundtrack (=ścieżka muzyczna w tle) for the opening scene of the 1993 movie "Untamed Heart" (untamed - nieoswojony, nieposkromiony; Pl. "Skryta Namiętność", Fr. "Coeur sauvage"). 'Tom's Diner' is a vignette (=opis) of someone stopping at a diner (=cheap restaurant) for a cup of coffee. What's interesting Vega wrote the lyrics inspired by her friend who confessed (=wyznał) that: 

"he saw his whole life through a pane of glass (=szybę), and [...] like he was the witness (=świadkiem) to a lot of things, but was never really involved in them." 

Reading the lyrics you can notice that the scene is described through a male perspective. 

The song constitutes a very nice listening exercise as the artist's way of singing resembles melodeclamation - she pronounces the lyrics as if she were speaking, not singing. 

Listen to the song and try to complete the lyrics!

I am sitting

In the ...................

At the diner

On the corner

I am waiting

At the .................

For the man

To pour the ...............

And he ............ it

Only halfway

And before

I even argue

He is looking

Out the ................

At somebody

..................... in

"It is always

Nice to ................ you"

Says the man

Behind the ...................

To the woman

Who has ................ in

She is shaking

Her .....................

And I look

The other ..............

As they are kissing

Their hellos

I'm ..................

Not to see them

.................

I pour the milk

I open

Up the paper

There's a .......................

Of an actor

Who had died

While he was .................

It was no one

I had ................... of

And I'm turning

To the ..................

And looking

For the .................

When I'm feeling

Someone .................. me

And so

I .................. my head

There's a woman

On the outside

Looking inside

Does she ............. me?

No she does not

Really see me

Cause she sees

Her own .......................

And I'm trying

Not to ..................

That she's hitching

Up her skirt

And while she's

Straightening her ....................

Her hair

Has gotten wet

Oh, this rain

It will .....................

Through the morning

As I'm listening

To the ...............

Of the cathedral

I am thinking

Of your ...............

And of the ................. picnic

Once upon a time

Before the ................. began

I finish up my coffee

It's time to catch the ................

Here's the opening scene of 'Untamed heart':

You'll find the answers in my next post!

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