Their first album “Nothing Gold Can Stay” was recorded in splendid isolation in a makeshift studio in Bearsville, New York State then taken down The Hudson to be mixed and mastered by Grammy award winning hip-hop maestro Bassy Bob Brockmann (Notorious B.I.G’s Ready To Die). It’s an album that is populated by those on the brink of fame and fortune, those just getting by and those who have lost their way. Inspired by the sights and sounds that surrounded them both as they grew up in New York City, from The Summer Of Sam and the beat box’s bass heavy boom to BB guns shooting Challenger from the sky - and by the flip side of the not-so-great American dream - boyhood friends turned scarred veterans. The Duke And The King’s debut album celebrates adolescence’s not so innocent times while grudgingly accepting the occasionally harsh reality of the streets of a city that they both grew up on.
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Suzanne
The Duke & The King Lyrics
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You may not feel that way for me, Suzanne
But won't you please just lay with me, Suzanne?
Won't you please just stay tonight with me, Suzanne?
I don't wanna be alone tonight, Suzanne
Said, I don't wanna hold me pillow tight, Suzanne
Won't you please just stay with me, Suzanne?
Could you please, please just lay with me, Su-Suzanne.
Stay with me, lay with me
Stay with me, lay with me
...
I want you to stay with me ...
Stay with me, lay with me
Stay with me, lay with me
...
The Duke & The King's song "Suzanne" is a melancholic and tender plea to a woman named Suzanne. The singer of the song admits that Suzanne may not be in love with him, and that she may not feel that way for him, but he asks her to lay with him and stay with him for the night. He doesn't want to be alone, and he doesn't want to hold his pillow tight. His vulnerability is palpable, and the repetition of the phrases "lay with me" and "stay with me" underscore his desperation for human connection.
Line by Line Meaning
You may not be in love with me, Suzanne
I understand that you may not have romantic feelings towards me, but I still want to be with you.
You may not feel that way for me, Suzanne
I know that you may not have the same feelings for me, Suzanne.
But won't you please just lay with me, Suzanne?
Despite our differing feelings, I am pleading with you to just spend the night with me, Suzanne.
Won't you please just stay tonight with me, Suzanne?
I am begging you to spend time with me tonight, Suzanne.
I don't wanna be alone tonight, Suzanne
I am afraid of being alone tonight, Suzanne.
Said, I don't wanna hold my pillow tight, Suzanne
I don't want to substitute your presence with just hugging my pillow, Suzanne.
Won't you please just stay with me, Suzanne?
I am imploring you to not leave me alone tonight, Suzanne.
Could you please, please just lay with me, Su-Suzanne.
I desperately want you to lay with me tonight, Suzanne.
Stay with me, lay with me
I want you to stay with me and lay next to me.
I want you to stay with me...
I desire your presence with me.
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