[ti:Ironbound & Fancy Poultry]
[ar:Suzanne Vega]
[00:00.20]Ironbound & Fancy Poultry - Suzanne Vega
[00:15.01]In the ironbound section near Avenue L
[00:18.83]Where the Portuguese women
[00:20.46]Come to see what you sell
[00:22.70]The clouds so low the morning so slow
[00:26.46]As the wires cut through the sky
[00:30.48]The beams and bridges
[00:31.92]Cut the light on the ground
[00:34.01]Into little triangles and the rails run round
[00:38.12]Through the rust and the heat
[00:40.00]The light and sweet coffee color of her skin
[00:46.98]Bound up in wire and fate
[00:50.75]Watching her walk him up to the gate
[00:54.44]In front of the ironbound school yard
[01:01.62]Kids will grow like weeds on a fence
[01:04.40]She says they look
[01:05.55]For the light they try to make sense
[01:08.51]They come up through the cracks
[01:10.87]Like grass on the tracks
[01:13.54]She touches him goodbye
[01:17.73]Steps off the curb and into the street
[01:21.31]The blood and feathers near her feet
[01:25.17]Into the ironbound market
[02:25.58]In the ironbound section near Avenue L
[02:29.18]Where the Portuguese women
[02:31.09]Come to see what you sell
[02:33.26]The clouds so low the morning so slow
[02:36.94]As the wires cut through the sky
[02:42.06]She stops at the stall
[02:44.12]Fingers the ring
[02:46.00]Opens her purse
[02:47.78]Feels a longing
[02:49.91]Away from the ironbound border
[03:36.29]"Fancy poulty parts sold here
[03:41.42]Breasts and thighs and hearts
[03:46.86]Backs are cheap and wings are nearly free
[03:52.38]Fancy poulty parts sold here
[03:57.54]Breasts and thighs and hearts
[04:02.96]Backs are cheap and wings are nearly free
[04:12.95]Nearly free
[04:18.24]Nearly free
[04:23.51]Nearly free