Words and Music by Suzanne Vega from her 1985 album "Suzanne Vega." [Chords] Gadd9#11  320223 Gadd#11   320023 [Intro] Asus2   /       Asus2   /     [Verse 1] If I had met you on some journey Where would we be now If we had met some eastbound train Through some black sleeping town Would you have worn your silken robes All made of royal blue?      Gadd#11              G             Gadd9#11 Would I have dressed in smoke and fire For you to see through?  Ah           Ah           [Verse 2] If we had met in a darkened room Where people do not stay But shadows touch and pass right through And never see the day Would you have taken me upstairs And turned the lamplight low?      Gadd#11          G Would I have shown my secret self Gadd9#11                           Asus2      Dm6/F And disappeared like the snow? Ah           Ah [Verse 3] Oh I could have played your little girl Or I could’ve played your wife I could have played your mistress Running danger down through you life I could’ve played your lady fair All dressed in lace like the foam from the sea Gadd#11               G I could’ve been your woman of the road As long as you did not come back home to me  Ah           Ah           [Verse 4] But as it is we live in the city And everything stays in place Instead we meet on the open sidewalk And it’s well I know your face We talk and talk we tell the truth There are no shadows here     Gadd#11       G But when I look into your eyes   Dm7                         Gadd#11 I wonder what might have been here Cause if I had met you on some journey A7sus          A  Gadd#11 Where would we be now? [Outro]     Gadd#11  /