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song: Calypso
artist: Suzanne Vega
album: Solitude Standing
released: 1987-04length: 4:07
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My name is Calypso and I have lived alone
I live on an island and I waken to the dawn
A long time ago I watched him struggle with the sea
I knew that he was drowning and I brought him into me
Now today come morning light
He sails away after one last night
I let him go

My name is Calypso
My garden overflows
Thick and wild and hidden is the sweetness there that grows
My hair blows long as I sing into the wind
I tell of nights where I could taste the salt on his skin
Salt of the waves and of tears
And while he pulled away
I kept him here for years
Now I let him go

My name is Calypso
I have let him go
In the dawn he sails away to be gone forever more
And the waves will take him in again
But he'll know their ways now
I will stand upon the shore
With a clean heart and my song in the wind
The sand may sting my feet and the sky will burn
It's a lonely time ahead
I do not ask him to return
I let him go
I let him go
Suzanne Vega

Suzanne Nadine Vega (née Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter of folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans almost 40 years. In the mid-1980s and 1990s she released four singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the UK, "Marlene on the Wall", "Left of Center", "Luka" and "No Cheap Thrill".

"Tom's Diner", which was originally released as an a cappella recording on Vega's second studio album, Solitude Standing (1987), was remixed in 1990 as a dance track by English electronic duo DNA with Vega as featured artist, and it became a Top 10 hit in five countries. The original a cappella recording of the song was used as a test during the creation of the MP3 format. The role of her song in the development of the MP3 compression prompted Vega to be given the title of "The Mother of the MP3".

Vega has released nine studio albums to date, the most recent being 2016’s Lover, Beloved: Songs from an Evening with Carson McCullers.

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Comments ( 108 )
Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1:

suzanne vega by ~mrspillowhead

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Posted 6 years ago by Michael_in_Paradise:
Such a great song, such a great album !!!

                          
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Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities:
SuperWeh wrote:

don't know what is more futile; 
- negative song comments
- negative commenting on negative comments
 
It must be the former, because if it were the latter you surely would not have done it yourself - unless you were going for some sort of meta-irony.
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Posted 6 years ago by bitbanger:
Interesting song based on one of the more interesting parts of the Odyssey. IMHO
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Posted 2 years ago by Chwkbud:
From 35 years ago? How can that be...it seems like only a few months ago I bought this album. Really enjoy Suzanne Vega's music (always thought she was somewhat underrated.)
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Posted 19 years ago by veegez:
dwhayslett wrote:
I can certainly understand why. "My name is ..." is such an unusual phrase, you hardly ever hear it. To use it in two different songs is just really incredible.
Ok, I'll play! My name is.. What? My name is.. Who? My name is.. slicka slicka Slim Shady Ahem...excuse me! Can I have the attention of the class for one second. or My name is Mud. My name is Mud. Not to be confused with bill or jack or pete or dennis or My name is Jonas. I'm carrying the wheel. Thanks for all you've shown us. This is how we feel. or My name is Donald White, you see, I stand before you allll. I was judged by you a murderer And the hangman's knot must fallll. or My name is Lee, I murdered little Sadie in the first degreeee. or Say my name, say my name....
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Posted 6 years ago by Grayson:
Slightly embarrassed that I used to find this lovely song, when it came out, slightly cringe-y. But let's not think on all of that 80s times we carelessly wasted trying to be the coolest person in a room. Talk about cringe-worthy stuff! 
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Posted 3 years ago by jwolf8609:
I thought her name was Luka...

Kidding! I kid!

I'm here all week. 
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Posted 3 years ago by spacemanspiff:
I really appreciate how different SV is, her odd melodies and lyrical phrases are very compelling to the ears. This reminds me of other musical oddity geniouses like Joni Mitchel and Kate Bush. Love her music
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Posted 5 years ago by On_The_Beach:
I've been looking for one of those LED Kippahs, but they are tough to find!

calypsus_1 wrote:

suzanne vega by ~mrspillowhead

 

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Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities:
Spalted wrote:
Love the song as well as virtually everything she's written/recorded.  But notice, in all of her songs she never makes a commitment.{#Think}
 

What sort of "commitment" have you found lacking?
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Posted 18 years ago by Jack_Jefferson:
veegez wrote:
Ok, I'll play! My name is.. What? My name is.. Who? My name is.. slicka slicka Slim Shady Ahem...excuse me! Can I have the attention of the class for one second. or My name is Mud. My name is Mud. Not to be confused with bill or jack or pete or dennis or My name is Jonas. I'm carrying the wheel. Thanks for all you've shown us. This is how we feel. or My name is Donald White, you see, I stand before you allll. I was judged by you a murderer And the hangman's knot must fallll. or My name is Lee, I murdered little Sadie in the first degreeee. or Say my name, say my name....
Let's not forget: "My name is Sue How do you do?" "...My name's Johnny and it might be a sin but I'll take your bet you're gonna regret 'cause I'm the best there's ever been.."
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Posted 8 years ago by k1j2cat:
I always want to hear Song To A Siren after this {#Music}
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Posted 1 year ago by andreae75:
I love so much the voice of Sazanne ... 
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Posted 1 year ago by netsperado:
Love this song!!!!!!
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Posted 2 years ago by mleidig:
 Chwkbud wrote:

From 35 years ago? How can that be...it seems like only a few months ago I bought this album. Really enjoy Suzanne Vega's music (always thought she was somewhat underrated.)



Seeing her next week!
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Posted 2 years ago by kcatalina:
Please play Song To A Siren after this, or even Tales of Brave Ulysses. :)
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Posted 3 years ago by Zeit:
il suo album più bello
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Posted 3 years ago by reallylost:
 utkarshsingh wrote:

kya manhoosiyat hai betichod 



I couldn't have put it better myself. 
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Posted 4 years ago by k1j2cat:
I always want to hear Mortal Coil's version of "Song to a Siren" after this song. And/or Tales of Brave Ulysses by Cream.
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