Suzanne Vega - Institution Green lyrics

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