| Suzanne Vega – Rosemary Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I´ve never really heard Suzanne talking about this song, but I´ve always known it is set in Granada, a city in the south of Spain. There, by the entrance to the cathedral and the royal chapel (burial place of the catholic monarchs), groups of gypsy women gather, trying to push rosemary branches to the tourists. It´s supposed to be good luck if you take the branch and then let them read your fortune. There´s also a beautiful building with a courtyard, close to the Alhambra palace, called "el carmen de los mártires " (the carmen of the martyrs). I can imagine Suzanne as a young woman, visiting all those places (probably because of the New york artists' -cohen, reed, etc,- fascination with Lorca, who was born and killed in Granada). | |
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