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Freeze Tag

We go to the playground
In the wintertime
The sun is fading fast
Upon the slides into the past
Upon the swings of indecision

In the wintertime
In the dimming diamonds
Scattering in the park
In the tickling
And the trembling
Of freeze tag
In the dark

We play that we're actors
On a movie screen
I will be Dietrich
And you can be Dean

You stand
With your hand
In your pocket
And lean against the wall
You will be Bogart
And I will be
Bacall

And we can only say yes now
To the sky, to the street, to the night
Slow fade now to black
Play me one more game
Of chivalry
You and me
Do you see
where I've been hiding
In this hide-and-seek?

We go to the playground
In the wintertime
The sun is fading fast
Upon the slides into the past
Upon the swings of indecision
In the wintertime
Wintertime
Wintertime
We can only say yes now
To the sky, to the street, to the night
We can only say yes now
To the sky, to the street, to the night

Lyrics : Suzanne Vega
Copyright : © 1985 Waifersongs Ltd. / AGF Music Ltd.
Album : Suzanne Vega

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Notes:

'Dietrich' is Marlene Dietrich. See Marlene on the Wall for more details. [Ed.]

From Hugo Westerlund's "Suzanne Vega FAQ" (http://www.vega.net/faq/index.htm):
'Dean' is James Dean (1931-1955), who quickly became a legend and a symbol of the confused, restless, and idealistic youth of the 1950s. He is famous for his interpretation of the son in the film version of Steibeck's East of Eden (1955), and for his parts in Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). His tragic, premature death in a car crash further contributed to his lasting public image.
Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) and Lauren Bacall (b. 1924) were among the most famous film stars from the black and white era, especially during the 1940s and 1950s. They both tended to play tough, shadowy characters in hard-boiled films noirs and were perhaps the most succesfull screen couple ever. Famous titles are To Have and Have Not (1944) based on a Hemingway novel adapted by William Faulkner, and The Big Sleep (1946) based on a novel by Raymond Chandler.