#AmericanWriters
I sat there singing her Songs in the dark. She said; 'I do not understand The words’.
I’m all alone in this world, she s… Ain’t got nobody to share my bed, Ain’t got nobody to hold my hand— The truth of the matter’s I ain’t got no man.
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head w… Let the rain sing you a lullaby. The rain makes still pools on the… The rain makes running pools in th…
How still, How strangely still The water is today, It is not good For water
Down in the bass That steady beat Walking walking walking Like marching feet. Down in the bass
I was so sick last night I Didn’t hardly know my mind. So sick last night I Didn’t know my mind. I drunk some bad licker that
I’ve known rivers: I’ve known rivers ancient as the w… flow of human blood in human veins My soul has grown deep like the ri… I bathed in the Euphrates when da…
2 and 2 are 4. 4 and 4 are 8. But what would happen If the last 4 was late? And how would it be
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh,
That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are w… Her bandage hides two festering so… That once perhaps were eyes.
God in His infinite wisdom Did not make me very wise— So when my actions are stupid They hardly take God by surprise
Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt
I could take the Harlem night and wrap around you, Take the neon lights and make a cr… Take the Lenox Avenue busses, Taxis, subways,
When the shoe strings break On both your shoes And you’re in a hurry— That’s the blues. When you go to buy a candy bar