[00:01.00]World Before Columbus [00:02.70]Suzanne Vega [00:04.06] [00:12.77]If your love were taken from me [00:17.21]Every color would be black and white [00:25.47]It would be as flat as the world before Columbus [00:31.57]That's the day that I lose half my sight [00:39.96] [00:45.39]If your life were taken from me [00:50.00]All the trees would freeze in this cold ground [00:57.64]It would be as cruel as the world before Columbus [01:04.01]Sail to the edge and I'd be there looking down [01:13.38] [01:17.90]Those men who lust for land [01:20.93]And for riches strange and new [01:23.68]Who love those trinkets of desire [01:27.12]Oh they never will have you [01:30.56]And they'll never know the gold [01:33.33]Or the copper in your hair [01:36.70]How could they weigh the worth [01:39.82]Of you so rare [01:45.19] [01:50.20]If your love were taken from me [01:54.88]Every light that's bright would soon go dim [02:02.54]It would be as dark as the world before Columbus [02:08.76]Down the waterfall and I'd swim over the brim [02:20.07] [02:21.80]Those men who lust for land [02:25.70]And for riches strange and new [02:28.50]Who love those trinkets of desire [02:31.90]Oh they never will have you [02:35.14]And they'll never know the gold [02:38.15]Or the copper in your hair [02:41.64]How could they weigh the worth [02:44.77]Of you so rare [02:50.51]