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Black Widow Station

I am at your halfway station darling
and I've been waiting for your train.
I am at your halfway station darling
and I've been waiting for your train.
But you've been too long darling
and it looks like rain.

I have seen these strange little girls
who come up to you
and they don't know when to stop.

I have watched your eye
as it follows the line of the leg
right up to the top.

Now Betty Sue and Mary Jane
have come around to play again,
but I am standing at your door
and I do believe I'll tell
them to go home.

There's this black widow spider darling
and she's been walking on my hand.
There's this black widow spider darling
and she's been walking on my hand.
And we've had this little heart to heart
and I think I understand.

It's a funny situation, I mean what am I to do?
With Lisa in the upstairs room
and Joan and Martha too.
I can't come down to breakfast
'cause the plates have all been used.
And it's as crowded as a subway car
and I think that you're confused.
Now I would wait at your station
but I do believe it's timethat I went home.

I am at Black Widow station darling
and I've been waiting for your train.
I am at Black Widow station darling
and I've been waiting for your train.
You've been to long darling and it looks like rain.
You've been to long darling and it looks like rain.

single cover
Lyrics : Suzanne Vega
Copyright : © 1987 WB Music Corp. / Waifersongs Ltd.
Album : Live in London (1986)
Notes:

"It's the kind of song you might wanna sing when you think your boyfriend has another girlfriend... or two..."
In Concert: London School of Economics, October 24, 1985