Did you know that, Solitude Standing is the second studio album by American prolific singer and songwriter Suzanne Vega, released on April 1st in the year 1987, by A&M Records.
Suzanne Nadine Vega is an American talented singer and songwriter of folk-inspired music, she featured yet another amazing singers, DNA, a name taken by English electronic music producers Nick Batt and Neal Slateford.
“Tom’s Diner” is a song was originally written and performed by Suzanne Vega in 1984, it was a simple, a cappella song.
But when the British duo DNA added a beat to it in 1990, the song took on a new life. The soft voice of Suzanne Vega, mixed with the nice electronic beat DNA added, makes the song unforgettable.
However, “Tom’s Diner” by Suzanne Vega, remixed by DNA, is a song about the simple and quiet moments of everyday life.
Lyrics:
I am sitting in the morning
At the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter
For the man to pour the coffee
And he fills it only halfway
And before I even argue
He is looking out the window
At somebody coming in
“It is always nice to see you”
Says the man behind the counter
To the woman who has come in
She is shaking her umbrella
And I look the other way
As they are kissing their hellos
And I’m pretending not to see them
And instead I pour the milk
I open up the paper
There’s a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of
And I’m turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies
When I’m feeling someone watching me
And so I raise my head
There’s a woman on the outside
Looking inside, does she see me?
No, she does not really see me
‘Cause she sees her own reflection
And I’m trying not to notice
That she’s hitching up her skirt
And while she’s straightening her stockings
Her hair has gotten wet
Oh, this rain, it will continue
Through the morning as I’m listening
To the bells of the cathedral
I am thinking of your voice
And of the midnight picnic once upon a time
Before the rain began…
And I finish up my coffee
And it’s time to catch the train
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
…..THE END