the world before columbus

• suzanne vega'nın nine objects of desire albümünden çok güzel bir şarkı.
  
  if your love were taken from me
  every color would be black and white
  it would be as flat as the world before columbus
  that's the day that i lose half my sight
  
  if your life were taken from me
  all the trees would freeze in this cold ground
  it would be as cruel as the world before columbus
  sail to the edge and i'd be there looking down
  
  those men who lust for land
  and for riches strange and new
  who love those trinkets of desire
  oh they never will have you
  
  and they'll never know the gold
  or the copper in your hair
  how could they weigh the worth
  of you so rare
  
  if your love were taken from me
  every light that's bright would soon go dim
  it would be as dark as the world before columbus
  down the waterfall and i'd swim over the brim
  
  those men who lust for land
  and for riches strange and new
  who love those trinkets of desire
  oh they will never have you
  
  and they'll never know the gold
  or the copper in your hair
  how could they weigh the worth
  of you so rare