Tom's diner
그 시절의 pop story / 2007. 5. 13. 23:19
수잔 베가(Suzanne Vega). 참 알다가도 모를 가수가 바로 이 여자이다. 내게 수잔 베가란 가수는 항상 곁에 있었지만 큰 존재감은 없었던, 아련한 추억 속의 가수로만 남아있다. 그리고 항상 신비롭고 몽환적인 이미지를 주는 가수로만 남아있다. 튀지 않은 외모와 잔잔한 목소리, 평균치 정도의 외모와 목소리로 한 때는 팝시장을 제패했던 여자가 바로 수잔 베가이다.
수잔 베가가 부르는 톰스 디너. 알다가도 모를 그녀의 정체성을 알다가도 모를 이 노래를 통해 새삼 느끼게 된다. 이 노래는 뭐야? 신나는 건지 아님 우중충한 건지 잘 구별이 안 가지만 들으면 들을수록 중독이 되는 노래임은 분명하다.
수잔 베가가 부르는 톰스 디너. 알다가도 모를 그녀의 정체성을 알다가도 모를 이 노래를 통해 새삼 느끼게 된다. 이 노래는 뭐야? 신나는 건지 아님 우중충한 건지 잘 구별이 안 가지만 들으면 들을수록 중독이 되는 노래임은 분명하다.
I am sitting in the morning
At the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter
For the man to pour the coffee
And he fills it only halfway
And before I even argue
He is looking out the window
At somebody coming in
"It is always nice to see you"
Says the man behind the counter
To the woman who has come in
She is shaking her umbrella
And I look the other way
As they are kissing their hellos
I'm pretending not to see them
Instead I pour the milk
I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of
And I'm turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies
When I'm feeling someone watching me
And so I raise my head
There's a woman on the outside
Looking inside Does she see me?
At the diner on the corner
I am waiting at the counter
For the man to pour the coffee
And he fills it only halfway
And before I even argue
He is looking out the window
At somebody coming in
"It is always nice to see you"
Says the man behind the counter
To the woman who has come in
She is shaking her umbrella
And I look the other way
As they are kissing their hellos
I'm pretending not to see them
Instead I pour the milk
I open up the paper
There's a story of an actor
Who had died while he was drinking
It was no one I had heard of
And I'm turning to the horoscope
And looking for the funnies
When I'm feeling someone watching me
And so I raise my head
There's a woman on the outside
Looking inside Does she see me?