Suzanne Vega Gypsy - Lyricized

[guyNbluejeans]

Very pretty song though the words "curl me up inside let me hear you through the heat" don't make much sense. Nevertheless, I give the song a solid B.

[ogum5360]

love you, charlie

[xLittleMissMorphinex]

And in that moment, I swear we were infinite. <3

[iamhermioneforever23]

Charlie,

Thank you for your beautiful story and the way you portrayed it. Your life and inspirational mix tapes continue to make me wonderstruck. Because of you, I am infinite.

Love always,

friend.....and all my fellow wallflowers

[thelaughingcat]

Ha. Comic sans...

[laurenissuchaweirdo]

the book has change my life in so many ways, and i see everything so differently, and i thank you charlie, as well as stephen chbosky, the genius behind your mind

[rmsbj]

@laurenissuchaweirdo Do you see beauty? I feel infinite.

[hi56pie]

Dear charlie,

you have helped me to feel so infinite. i really, really thank you

love always

a friend

[hahaiamloka]

THANKYOU CHARLIE.

[TheFluglehorn]

Thank you Charlie.

Sincerely,

Wallflowers.

[thebottledstar13]

Thank you Charlie. For these songs and for changing my life.

[sommy38]

who is charlie....i like this song...go suzi..

[sAWfr3ak]

@sommy38 Charlie is the main character in Stephen Chbosky's book "The Perks of Being a Wallflower".

[tvdaddicted]

I'm reading Perks of being a wallflower, and I have a feeling this book is going to change my life.

[rmsbj]

@tvdaddicted It will.

[infiniteniemand]

interesting finding this song not only on charlies mixtape but on my sister's old one as well.

[MissPurpleMonsterx]

This really is a brilliant mix tape, Charlie :)

[caprisunsaresexy]

i close my eyes. and it's like i'm with charlie and sam and patrick in the tunnel.

[CaDaBr1]

And for an instant, I swear we were infinite.

Thank you Charlie.

Seriously.

[rz404]

how great this song is!

[mzvampiressx]

i love you charlie. :)

thank you for your wonderful mix tape :)

[Z0mbieGrrl]

This song makes me feel infinite...

[TheAoife1993]

Thank you Charlie you rock!

[atthebottom94]

Charlie changed my life.

Whether it's a book and he's real or not..

His story was brilliant and beaultiful.

[suckmyape]

i think we have to pay stephen chbosky some credit here too for the wonderful taste in music

[KaitlynKahos]

Dear Charlie, you have beautiful taste in music. Love Always, your friend.

[GenoClown]

I love the book, but seriously... The corny comments...

[TodayMeansTomorrow]

thumbs up if charlie brought you here

[PeterAndBelle]

sometimes songs are just perfect.

[elechandroxxx23]

best song ever

[immadefygravity]

Thank You, Charlie.

[rochilikesit]

God bless Charlie and his music taste

[ImaCactusHugMe]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[AnEclecticMusicFan]

@ImaCactusHugMe - The eye is but a 'small blue (im my case) thing...' ; )

[flyingtohope]

God... such a beautiful music.... The perks of being a wallflower

[chichaAngPinili]

charlie's song..



[englundus]

A truly great song! Thank you for posting! Suzanne Vega is from a time back when you had to have talent in order to make it! Too bad now it is all about physical appearance.

[HenryClearwater]

*LONG SIGH* The 90's (reminising face)

[jeffsjuststoked]

I feel infinite.

[MrTrentpatterson]

perks. best evr

[FreckleeFacee1]

I NEVER like female singers, but I really enjoy this song.

I think I'm the only one that has viewed this song that hasn't read the book the perks of being a wallflower. And I don't plan on reading it.

[KimchiTheYeti]

@FreckleeFacee1 READ IT. You will be so happy you did.

[firehen5]

Perks of being a wallflower!

[belsxoxo]

Charlie- BEST TASTE IN MUSIC. EVER. do you not agree?

[Gabbybruzzese]

@belsxoxo defiantly agree :)

[banc53]

It's creeping me out coming to all of these songs from POBAW and seeing weird comments thanking Charlie and such. It's weird...

[caprisunsaresexy]

the drums..

[tishhead]

that last high "oh" is incredibly moving. and sexy.

[Crivec1]

Poesia. Vera poesia.

[tadclooney5]

unrequited feelings. i love you, and i think you will never ever give a damn about it.

[xxpeacelovemusic7]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower <3

[AdudenamedKemp]

I heard a different version of this song by someone named Kalin Sivov. I like his cover of it a bit more than the original, to be honest. But of course I wouldn't like the song at all if he didn't have great source material to work with.

[l0velybon3s]

thank you charlie. for so much, including this song.

[mlj193]

I have read The perks of being a wallflower. Can someone please tell me how do you think this song relates to charlie???

[RenayLenay]

@mlj193 doesnt mean it has to relate to charlie, its part of the songs on his mix.

[caprisunsaresexy]

@mlj193 Did you understand the book? If you did, then all of the songs will make you feel infinite. If not, read it again? (:

[kelpiscool23]

@mlj193 be a filter, not a sponge.

[ohiolearningnetwork]

Thank you Charlie.

[indyykidz]

charlie you have changed so many people, thank you for leading us all to all this beautiful music.

[jimmyjihad420]

Anyone doing that facebook 30day song challenge? Well i'm on day 05, a song that reminds you of someone. Picking this song because like many other people who have commented, i found this song thanks to the perks. My ex bought me a copy of the book (when we were still together) and i loved it, and the following christmas one of her presents was a cassette with all the songs from charlies tape for patrick. This was our song from then on.

[pokingthedevil]

@jimmyjihad420 - this is my song for day 8 - a song I know all the words to :)

[ErinJosephine1]

@jimmyjihad420 That is the sweetest thing someone could do. Best song from the playlist.

[cbellini56]

perks <3

[CallMeMidnightAngel]

This is the best song ever! I can't wait till I find someone like this:)

[caprisunsaresexy]

He may not be real, or who knows he could be based off of someone real, but Charlie and his letters literally changed my life. <3

[jadejailbreak]

@caprisunsaresexy i believe he is based off stephen chbosky when he was a teenager

[caprisunsaresexy]

@jadejailbreak Ahhh. I want to meet my own Charlie someday.

[reddenbawker]

Charlie didn't bite my finger. He wrote to me.

[McDania]

Thank you Charlie, you changed my life..

Love always, Dania

[PillarsOfSaaand]

THANKS, CHARLIE! 

[Stpd18]

I'm not sure what it is about the song that just calms me down. Im stressed out with work, and my head keeps stressing me more. I listen to this song and Im chilled. And Im alright again for a while.

[yagel83]

שיר מאוד מצוין , אני נפעמתי מהמילים שיש כאן , זה מרגיע אותי בשעות המאוחרות של הלילה ....

שיהיה שנה מוצלחת לכולם !

[yunaguardian001]

This has always been my favorite Suzanne Vega song.

It does something to me every time I hear it.

[gooboo1000]

@yunaguardian001 DOESN'T IT?! IT IS AN IMPORTANT AND VERY SPECIAL SONG.

[SuperAustenfan]

Dear charlie - love your mixed tape, thank you

[shootingstarsCX]

@Marixpress2 In time, I'm sure your heart will mend

[Marixpress2]

Will I ever get over him?? :(

[emmaw1]

I like seeing that as I am working my way through Charlie's playlist I find other Wallflowers also doing the same.

[purpletycoon]

@emmaw1 that book is breathtaking and amazing..the music completes it all(:

[PillarsOfSaaand]

@emmaw1 I'm right there with you.

[Didgets85]

@emmaw1 Hell yeah we are!!

[broadswordbeast]

@emmaw1 same here :)

[vincevampje]

very nice, dreamy song, thanks for uploading!

[Droneielu]

Thank for this song !!!

[Marixpress2]

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[LolOfMyLife001]

love always

charlie

[sahanagopaal]

perks of being a wallflower is going to have a kickass soundtrack.. quite possibly the best?

[dudiefying]

Love love love the book.It means too much,and made me think more than anything.

And love listening to the songs.

Plus I loved the smiths before the book,it was nice to see a smiths song refrenced in the book.

[CiNdYFbby]

i found this song out from the book im reading.. i <3 it.

[Razhumykin]

Lots of good memories from 1987-88 here - the song, the album it was on, and good things happening in my life which resembled what the song is about.

[kittenkrazee]

I love Suazanne Vega she is a great preformer in consert too

[CurriedUnicorn]

Ohhhh, this song always takes me back to the late eighties, it's a very special song to me. I went to see Suzanne Vega live a year or so back and I was so stunned and touched when she played this I actually burst into tears in the concert. (What a wuss, heh!) A great talent for observation and turn-of-phrase.

[beckiiell]

Thank for Charlie! Thank you Stephen Chbosky!

And Thank you to the lady in Waterstones who handed me the last copy in the shop! :)

[tagueulestupide]

I love how a majority of us who ready the perks of being a wallflower actually looked the songs up. :)

[K18aV]

XD i like how i searched most of these songs from Perks of Being a Wallflower and most ppl had the same idea totally awesome! off to Nights in White Satin by the Moody Blues now =D

[loopyfish]

It actually made me love Charlie that much more that he too appreciates the Vega ;D

[kittenkrazee]

This is my favorrite susan vega song she is so awsome

[SuperAustenfan]

charlie sent me. read perks of being a wallflower

[Missmuffinmcgee]

this is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard.

[AsylumAttendee]

Thanks Charlie :)

[isanewday]

beautiful...

[soniuccina77]

Dolcezza e gran classe...

[isidora237]

I can relate to every single word in this song. Works magic for me...

[LilLukuz]

charlie has sent me<3

[darcysgurl]

such a soft song ....

[Micara75]

Charlie sent me.

[SuperAustenfan]

@Micara75 - hope they keep all these songs in the film version

[MultiChris1001]

Charlie sent me.

[ATADragonofNight]

"I feel infinite."

[nataliexinxneverland]

Charlie sent me too

Such a pretty song :)

[Doylefromhell]

charlie sent me

[rennyd93]

Charlies letter Dec 7, 1991.

[catfan5000]

Reading Charlie's letter from December 21, 1991.

[pansworldnews]

One of the most amazing songs ever........ I think!!

[yusha33]

icry

[Jeremy12three]

i saw a wallflower in the mirror today c:

[kiweechan]

haha. definately thanks to Perks. this is gorgeous.

[LakeHighiii]

Suzanne, I have always loved this song since, I belive I saw you performe it on Austin city limits many years ago. Were our thoughts so pure when we were young, our doors of perception so clean. I will hold your poetry in high regard forever for this one

[mssamson79]

Thank You Charlie!

[ykalantzis]

Her best song!

[darkfate666]

This is such a beautiful song. I used to listen to this song over and over. It has an energy to it that can take me away to another place far away.

[messenger685]

@ spencerislove

me too... listening while reading. what an experience :)

[debruthre]

perks of being a wall flower!

[spencerislove23456]

That's where I found it too! I love that book (: Ive been listening to Charlie's playlist all day.

[grandma3take3me3home]

definetly in my top ten of books.

And it introduced me to so many wonderful songs.

[SilverCherry12]

This is a very beatiful song.

I love it.

[MeangitarMingoMango]

Suzanne Vega, I love you...

[StaceyQ483]

this is a beautiful song<3

[LyricWatch]

Furr0, you obviously GOT my pm a while ago and just decided to ignore me... Typical

[ofcoursehesthefarmer]

@LyricWatch : You watch for the lyrics LyricWatch. The large characters... as a child your mummy noticed your fixation with words...there was the time you daubed your name in crayon on the kitchen wall. i'm sorry, but you're deluded. words don't mean shit. the whole language thing a biological fucking delusion which is hard-wired into our 'human' selves. Don't kid yourself that you're gonna attain to some liberated state because of a well-turned sentence. Just don't!

[LyricWatch]

@ofcoursehesthefarmer

?

[verdantcrab]

@ofcoursehesthefarmer

But there's some comfort in knowing that we're not completely alone in this fucked up world. words.

[billybeanz1]

@ofcoursehesthefarmer

and thereby you dismiss all the works of the great writers and poets.. Shakespeare, Thomas, Salinger, Dylan etc etc etc et al.. You must be a clever bloke... but you do admit there could be a "well turned sentence" - hmmmm..

Great song by SV btw.. her best - why do they always play Luka on the radio??

[billybeanz1]

@ofcoursehesthefarmer

@ofcoursehesthefarmer

and thereby you dismiss all the works of the great writers and poets.. Shakespeare, Thomas, Salinger, Dylan etc etc etc et al.. You must be a clever bloke... but you do admit there could be a "well turned sentence" - hmmmm..

Great song by SV btw.. her best - why do they always play Luka on the radio??

[joker80james]

@ofcoursehesthefarmer ...wtf are you talking about?

[awol2602]

furrO your writings are fascinating, they are deep and full of strange meaning. You are arranging disorder where people who are not privy to your kinds of experience are simply appreciating the beautiful song gypsy in their own way. They need some space to do that. Don't be hurt no-one here wants to hurt you.

[sexyshoes99]

maybe you should write a book.

a book not written in the comments section of a song.

[monicamir]

Those verses:

You're the jester of this courtyard with a smile like a girl's

Distracted by the women

With the dimples and the curls

By the pretty and the mischievous

By the timid and the blessed

...they remind me of an old friend from university times, Besion..just like seeing him..that funny face like a jack in the box, the jester...such a happy frame of mind, I wonder what he's doing now, if he's still joyful..of course he's no longer the jester, we all grew old

[monicamir]

Me lembra o Bension, the jester, "the jack in the box", amigo dos velhos tempos, just like seeing him, slender, joyful. Agora estamos todos velhos, gostaria de saber como ele é, como está hoje em dia...

[scottishnazi]

its funny i dont need the lyrics i know most of her songs off bye heart

[scottishnazi]

suzanne vega a fukin legend

[LyricWatch]

you got that right ;)

[Gracey4eva]

my favorite song :)

[cpassos0189]

my goodness..if i had a girlfriend i´d be probably crying right now..

this song does it to me

[gnomo62]

è praticamente stupenda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LyricWatch]

Imagine what it would be like without Suzanne Vega? What would we be doing now?

[Biochips1]

Have a look for my Gypsy video from the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2004. There she tells the story why she'd written this song.

[carpenteroak]

liverpool England?

[commventam]

Yes, England

[commventam]

I remember a story that said Gypsy was written as a going away present to a summer love she worked with at a summer camp when she was 18. Don't know if that's a true story or not, but it would make sense.

Anyone else ever hear of this?

This is such a beautiful song. One of my all-time favorites - Suzanne Vega or not!

[commventam]

To Answer my own question, I just found a transcript of an interview she did on WNEW in 1996 where she talked about Gypsy. The boy in question was from Liverpool, and was an arts counselor at a summer camp in upstate NY. Suzanne was a folk music and dance counselor at a girls camp next door. I tried to post a link to it, but apparently that won't work here!

[carpenteroak]

Was that Liverpool England or USA?

[LyricWatch]

England

[monicamir]

YEs, she said she thought he was an anarchist, she met him years later and asked him about it, he said,'no', 'he was not an anarchist', she said he was her first romance. There are other songs she wrote inspired by the same romance.

[monicamir]

The song was inspired by this boyfriend she had when she was 18 in Liverpool. He used to teach art to children.

[commventam]

After I wrote this post, I thought about it and realized I had heard her tell the story of Gypsy at a concert she did at the Lyric Theatre in Baltimore in 1987.

Richard Thompson opened for her, and I remember thinking as I looked around the sold-out crowd of about 2,500 that more people were there for Richard Thompson than for Suzanne. However, by the end of the night she received a huge standing ovation. It was such a rush to see her embraced by all these new fans.

[monicamir]

Actually the concert in which I heard her telling this story was held in France.

[LyricWatch]

Would that be Montreux?

[monicamir]

Sorry, I think it was Montreux, yes, she said things in French...

[Biochips1]

Once I read this song is about Suzannes first love. I wonder what the guy is doing today... :D

[whitemeadow2]

Thanks, love it!..."strange and gauzy threads"

so many wonderful words.....