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Suzanne Vega
Close-Up, Volume 3: States of Being
Last Year's Troubles (Acoustic Version)

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Last Year's Troubles (Acoustic Version)

Release date: 1st November 2011

From Close-Up, Volume 3: States of Being

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About This Track

"Last Year's Troubles (Acoustic Version)" is a track by Suzanne Vega, from the album Close-Up, Volume 3: States of Being, released 1st November 2011. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Vega

Lyrics

Last Year's Troubles (Acoustic Version)

[Verse 1]

Last year's troubles are so old fashioned

The robber on the highway, the pirate on the seas

Maybe it's the clothing that's so entertaining

The earrings and the swashbuckling blouses that please

[Verse 2]

Here we have heroes of times that have passed now

But nobody these days has that kind of chin

Over there the petticoats of ladies of virtue

You can hardly tell them from the petticoats of sin

[Chorus]

Last year's troubles

Last year's troubles

[Verse 3]

Look at all the waifs of Dickensian England

Why is it their suffering is more picturesque?

Must be 'cause their rags are so very Victorian

The ones here at home just don't give it their best

[Verse 4]

Last year's troubles they shine up so prettily

They gleam with a luster they don't have today

'Cause here it's just dirty and violent and troubling

Et cetera

[Chorus]

Last year's troubles

Last year's troubles

[Verse 5]

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

Da da da da da da da da da

[Verse 6]

Trouble is still trouble and evil still evil

Sometimes we wonder is there more now, or less?

If we had a tool or could tally the handfuls

Measure for measure, it's the same would be my guess

[Chorus]

Last year's troubles

Last year's troubles

[Verse 5]

Doo doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo

[Chorus]

Last year's troubles

Last year's troubles

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Track details

From Close-Up, Volume 3: States of Being

2011

Album

Close-Up, Volume 3: States of Being

Release year

2011

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