Bring me all your
Heart melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world.
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I sat there singing her
She said;‘I do not understandThe words’.I said;‘There areNo words’.
2 and 2 are 4.
But what would happenIf the last 4 was late?And how would it beIf one 2 was me?Or if the first 4 was youDivided by 2?
I went down to the river,
I tried to think but couldn’t,So I jumped in and sank.I came up once and hollered!I came up twice and cried!If that water hadn’t a-been so coldI might’ve sunk and died.But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!I took the elevatorSixteen floors above the ground.I thought about my babyAnd thought I would jump…
By what sends
I ain’t sent:I know I can’tbe President.What don’t bugthem white kidssure bugs me:We know everybodyain’t free.Lies written downfor white folksain’t for us a-tall:Liberty And Justice–Huh!–For All?
I could take the Harlem night
Take the neon lights and make a crown,Take the Lenox Avenue busses,Taxis, subways,And for your love song tone their rumble down.Take Harlem’s heartbeat,Make a drumbeat,Put it on a record, let it whirl,And while we listen to it play,Dance with you till day–Dance with you, my sweet brown Harlem girl.
been scarred and battered.
Snow has friz me,Sun has baked me,Looks like between ’em they doneTried to make meStop laughin’, stop lovin’, stop livin’-But I don’t care!I’m still here!