My Favorite Plum

Music & Lyrics by Suzanne Vega

My favorite plum

hangs so far from me

See how it sleeps

and hear how it calls to me

See how the flesh

presses the skin,

It must be bursting

with secrets within,

I've seen the rest, yes

and that is the one for me

See how it shines

it will be so sweet

I've been so dry

it would make my heart complete

See how it lays

languid and slow

Never noticing

me here below

I've seen the best, yes

and that is the one for me

Maybe a girl will take it

Maybe a boy will steal it

Maybe a shake of the bough

will wake it and make it fall

My favorite plum

lies in wait for me

I'll be right here

longing endlessly

You'll say that I'm

foolish to trust

But it will be mine

and I know that it must

cause I've had the rest, yes

and that is the one for me

I've seen the best, yes

and that is the one for me