Lyrics Stan Ridgway

Stan Ridgway

Susie Before Sunrise

Here where the carousel spins

On an ocean of blame

We pick pockets in the crowds

Near the gold mines of shame

And I will wear a red ruby ring

That reflects the full moon

Meet me on the corner tonight

And we'll sleep deep down in the sand dunes

Susie climbed a mountain of tacks

She lost control of the facts

She put all of the clothes in a brown paper sack

And drove outta state the next day before sunrise

Before sunrise

Susie climbed a mountain of tacks

Walkin' by the old funzone1

South of the gutter of doubt

Past a broken mirror glass

The reflection faded in and out

And I saw her there

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Susie climbed a mountain of tacks

She lost control of the facts

She put all of the clothes in a brown paper sack

And drove outta state the next day before sunrise

Before sunrise