Lyrics - Ironbound/Fancy Poultry (Suzanne Vega)

[pagandude1]

i have always been mezmorised by the lryics to this song ...its kind of like a statement from a vegetarian down at the market being grossed out by chicken parts ---something like that anyway... great song by a great artist.

[songspassion]

indeed! I agree stevobath..Solitude Standing is her best..still gives chills off the sheer beauty of poignancy of her lyrics and haunting voice :-)



[stevobath]

This was the 1st cd I ever bought! Id resisted till this came out.Still think Solitude Standing is her best album...

[lyonslaforet]

I love the sweetness that wraps this little gem!

[stevobath]

Great upload.Sounds good too.Thanks :)

[elizapat]

other correction

Refrain 1

Bound up in iron and wire and fate, watching her walk him up to the gate,

In front of the iron bound school yard

thanks for the post

[elizapat]

correction

Verse 2

Beams and bridges cut the light on the ground,

Into little triangles and the rails run down,

Through the rust and heat, the light and sweet coffee colour of her skin

[nancyl2]

A most lovely voice; It brings a beautiful memory of a special BEing that would only eat eggs from a "Free-non caged chix" it almost made you want to weep for the caring right there in the groc.store. Thanks Suzanne for the Memory reminder. She could make any song sound marvelous. :-))) So Enjoyable.<3 to ALLLLL

[vanes9066]

Thanks for clip,except the lyric book to "Solitude Standing" next to me says "Through the rust and heat" and not "rest and heat"...perhaps when you have a moment you can read through it and change..

[AsclepiasA]

I love Ayn Rand :)

[DJRobinfox]

3:30 makes me cry!

[bduhe219]

this is my fav song her...moody...and i love feeling that sence of sadness and reality. wonderful!!!

[kizzyfaced]

God, this takes me back...

Thank you thank you.... I listened to Suzanne's album all day as I did my homework in my room... Loved her then and I still do. God... what is it? 30 years already? Yes...

[naughtyeyes10]

Should be PortugUese rather than Portugese. U is missing!

[ariellevonglitz]

a song that means so much to me from my childhood...thanks for sharing!

[metalheadache1972]

luka on the second floor a great singer a great voice

[ThePBerry]

wings aren't so free nowdays since someone decided to spice them up and pair them with beer.

[steelyd2]

"Through the rust and heat" is the correct lyric

[DJRobinfox]

amazing double meeting for me vegitarian and feminist

[barryframic]

please please please fix the damn lyrics

[MissDYay]

this song is so simple but its so dense with feeling.

[Hans17013]

Still my favorite of her songs. The touching and tender amid the hard and harsh, the transcendent found in the mundane.

[Madsennullo]

Her greatest song I think...soooo beautiful...flawless instrumentation...

[nickthename]

This might sound odd, but it was actually Weird Al Yankovic that made me a fan of Suzanne. He includes a bit from "Tom's Diner" on one of his polkas, and one day I went searching for the original, and came across her _Solitude_Standing_ album.

Absolute gold.

There are very few artists whose entire albums I listen to, and Suzanne is among those. I love putting Solitude into the bedside player and just letting her carry me off to sleep.

If you like singer/songwriters, a "must own".

[Sheviera]

Who hasn't had their lives serenaded by this lovely woman, this poet of the spheres?

[Cotdail]

F*ckin awesome song from a f*ckin amazing album.

Thanks LyricWatch!

[bibabouille]

1987 great year....my wife and miss vega...!!!

[Btimusttimusinc]

She was the one wh really got me into music. i remember I heard Tom's Diner on the radio ne day and went out that week and bought 'Solitude Standing' I came home, and listened to every song on it, and then I went out and bought 'Retrospective: The Best of Suzanne Vega' Best summer of my life.

[ukdavepianoman]

Suzanne Vega is my favourite singer-songwriter and I love all of her songs. This is still my favourite. The words and music seem to go together effortlessly. "Wings are nearly FREE" is spine-tingling.

[reliablebow]

Agree with zyhz= wow -When I think of Suzanne Vega, I think of Luka and Ironbound...

[gab21113]

@reliablebow Luka, Solitude Standing, Ironbound, In the Eye, Calypso, Gypsy... the greatest half of an album of that time.

[reliablebow]

@gab21113 I agree:) 

[mascavo2]

good work...i lov that song.

[hscfree]

The music is spellbinding, and the lyrics demand that you engage your intelligence. "Left of Center" caught my attention, but "Ironbound/Fancy Poultry" made me a true Suzanne Vega fan.

[tomboysarah]

wow..

[jessfreak88]

i like it more than you lot cool song

[stingicious]

one word - BEAUTIFUL!

[Mila77]

I just realized this is probably one of her best songs, lyrically. Is she talking about the Ironbound section in Newark, NJ off Penn Station? I hope so, cause that's my fave neighborhood, with all the Portuguese bakeries and Brazilian restaurants.

[passiveMenis]

She is.

[Biochips1]

Amazing magic! You can fall asleep to this song.

[pdscotia]

...breasts are cheap...and wings are nearly FREEEEE...C'est formibable...n'est'ce pas? In all the languages of the world, only the poor shall know her name...Pablo Neruda

[zyhz]

"The light and sweet cofee colour of your skin"...

Wow... magnificent!

Thank you very much LyricWatch for sharing Suzanne's amazing art.

[whitemeadow2]

Her lyrics are always amazing. Thanks for this.

[diestrong666]

Nearly Free. Goosepimple stuff. Thanks.

[AthenA2ptO]

@diestrong666 no doubt-my fave from this album©