Institution Green Lyrics

Institution Green lyrics

Suzanne Vega/Suzanne Vega & Anton Sanko

  

  Institution green

  The walls are cracked and dim

  And we are standing in a line

  Waiting for our faces to be seen

  

  Institution green

  Watch the floor and cound the hours

  None will meet my eyes

  Private people in this public place

  

  I wonder if they'll take a look

  Find my name inside that book

  Lose me on the printed page

  Where to point the aimless rage

  

  I cast my vote upon this earth

  Take my place for what it's worth

  Hunger for a pain of etes

  To notice and to regognize

  

  Institution green

  A woman stands behind a table

  She will call my name

  After that I'll be admitted in

  

  I wonder if she'll take a look

  Find my name inside that book

  Lose me on the printed page

  Where to point the aimless rage

  

  I cast my vote upon this earth

  Take my place for what it's worth

  Hunger for a pain of etes

  To notice and to regognize

  

  Institution green

  Teach me how to pull the lever

  Push the curtain closed

  Take what's needed then just

  Let me go