![Ironbound / Fancy Poultry - Suzanne Vega](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/32847573416153925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 31.12.1986
Song language: English
Ironbound / Fancy Poultry |
In the ironbound section near Avenue L |
Where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell |
The clouds so low, the morning so slow |
As the wires cut through the sky |
The beams and bridges cut the light on the ground |
Into little triangles and the rails run 'round |
Through the rust and the heat |
The light and sweet coffee color of her skin |
Bound up in wire and fate |
Watching her walk him up to the gate |
In front of the ironbound school yard |
Kids will grow like weeds on a fence |
She says they look for the light they try to make sense |
They come up through the cracks like grass on the tracks |
She touches him goodbye |
Steps off the curb and into the street |
The blood and feathers near her feet |
Into the ironbound market |
In the ironbound section near Avenue L |
Where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell |
The clouds so low, the morning so slow |
As the wires cut through the sky |
She stops at the stall fingers the ring |
Opens her purse feels a longing |
Away from the ironbound border |
Fancy poultry parts sold here |
Breasts and thighs and hearts |
Backs are cheap and wings are nearly |
Fancy poultry parts sold here |
Breasts and thighs and hearts |
Backs are cheap and wings are nearly free |
Nearly free, nearly free, nearly free |
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