The creak in the stairs gave me away The drywall staring me in the face It was so cold if you're burning, burning me down…
And you'll keep me around as long as I think That I look so accomplished in all of your daydreams And the creak in the stairs gave me…
…away The creak in the stairs gave me away The creak in the stairs gave me away…
…beat Listen this door it goes creak, creak, creak, creak Listen this clock it goes tick, tock, tick Missing my mind it goes flip…
…the tables on the weak and the needy Listen my heart it goes beat, beat, beat Listen this door it goes creak, creak, creak, creak Listen this clock it goes tick, tock, tick…
…this door it goes creak, creak, creak, creak Listen this clock it goes tick, tock, tick Missing my mind it goes flip, flop, flip, flop…
…to keep I'm so hungry you hear the creak in my tummy I'm so high off greek you hear the creak in my tummy We don't get…
…hear the creak in my tummy I'm so hungry you hear the creak in my tummy We don't get no sleep it mean way more for us to eat We…
…hear the creak in my tummy I'm so hungry you hear the creak in my tummy We don't get no sleep it mean way more for us to eat We don't…
And I learned to sing Yes I learned to sing from the gallows' creak Swing (love) with a common tongue in a mortal star Place bets when…
…in awe at the weeks you'd only filled with hum And your lungs they sunk the last plum wisp of a dropping sun And your red light's on Yeah your red light screams like a buzzing dawn Creak, cure, dawn…
…sailors would've liked their company On a couple of trips in our lousy ships when we put out to sea Oh, it's roll and toss and pound and pitch And creak…
…in a bunch But the only time we hit our mark is when we shoot our lunch Oh, it's roll and toss and pound and pitch And creak and groan you son…
…the barometer drops, and we line up on the rail Oh, it's roll and toss and pound and pitch And creak and groan you son of a bitch Oh…
…[GHOST HOST] (spoken) When hinges creak in doorless chambers And strange and frightening sounds Echo through the halls Whenever…
…(organ solo) [SINGING BUSTS] When the crypt doors creak And the tombstones quake Spooks come out for a swinging wake Happy haunts…
…dwell Restless bones etherialize Rise as spooks of every size [DUCHESS and KING] When the crypt doors creak…
…their feet Shuffling across my floorboards, I got it, creak As they walk, I creak louder and creak louder The snoring ceased…
…but still I gotta creak louder I feel a weight leave the bed frame and touch the floor Still listening to the whispers I feel him run…
…her out to eat and it's all on me Take her to the crib and then probably Take her to the bed where we not gone sleep Creak creak…
…creak R.I.P Take a lil break then I Look her in her face and say I say shawty buss It open And she put that thing in motion Wetter…
…bones and gears creak in my chest My chest forever cold A cold and maddening descent Descending down so far Fall farther 'til…
…is just a dream For all the ghosts like me (like me) [chorus] I hate my metal bones My bones and gears creak in my chest My chest…
…and gears creak in my chest My chest forever cold A cold and maddening descent Descending down so far Fall farther 'til there's…
Hey! Hey! Hey! I don't like walking around this old and empty house So hold my hand, I'll walk with you my dear The stairs creak…

Tom's Album (1991), Days Of Open Hand (1990), RetroSpective: The Best Of Suzanne Vega (2003)
…and sigh Somewhere deep within Hear the creak That lets the tale begin Now the time has come to move I was not able Water through…
This long of a winter I fear, I only Slip and slide Somewhere deep within Hear the creak That lets the tale begin Somewhere deep within Hear the creak That lets the tale begin…
…and sigh Somewhere deep within Hear the creak That lets the tale begin Now the time has come to move I was not able Water through…
…a rusted pipe Could make the moves that I do Stagger, stumble Trip, fumble I fear I only Slip and slide Somewhere deep within Hear the creak That lets the tale begin Somewhere deep within Hear the creak That lets the tale begin…
…] Listen to the crickets sing, the rattle of the dog chain Listen to the southbound breeze just creepin' through the trees And the creak…
…the rattle of the dog chain Listen to the southbound breeze just creepin' through the trees And the creak of the weather vein Sittin…
…creepin' through the trees And the creak of the weather vein Sittin' in my long chair, sending up a little prayer, I need some…
…creak And you'll slide your lovely body in behind mine Do you think you could live with me Are we serious Is it too soon…
I'll hear the door hinge creak And you'll slide your lovely body in behind mine Hey I was there when there was nothing left…
…creak And you'll slide you lovely body in behind mine Yeah, I like how it feels to be tangled around you No, you don't have…
As I hear the floorboards creak Blood starts to leak A badge of bronze upon a suit of blue To serve and protect, that's what I…
…the sound of feet Stepping in my room As I feel my certain doom As I hear the floorboards creak Blood starts to leak Gun to my head Have taken too…
…my certain doom As I hear the floorboards creak Blood starts to leak…