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Suzanne Vega – Song of Sand (Acoustic Version) (2010) | Track profile | Dork

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Close-Up, Volume 2: People & Places
Song of Sand (Acoustic Version)

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Song of Sand (Acoustic Version)

Release date: 12th October 2010

From Close-Up, Volume 2: People & Places

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About This Track

"Song of Sand (Acoustic Version)" is a track by Suzanne Vega, from the album Close-Up, Volume 2: People & Places, released 12th October 2010. Full lyrics are available below.

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Suzanne Vega

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Lyrics

Song of Sand (Acoustic Version)

[Verse 1]

If sand waves were sound waves

What song would be in the air now?

What stinging tune

Could split this endless noon

And make the sky swell with rain?

[Verse 2]

If war were a game that a man or a child

Could think of winning

What kind of rule

Can overthrow a fool

And leave the land with no stain?

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 1]

If sand waves were sound waves

What song would be in the air now?

What stinging tune

Could split this endless noon

And make the sky swell with rain?

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Track details

From Close-Up, Volume 2: People & Places

2010

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Close-Up, Volume 2: People & Places

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2010

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