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The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow… I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other ni… By the pale dull pallor of an old…
When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left
Night funeral In Harlem: Where did they get Them two fine cars? Insurance man, he did not pay—
I take my dreams and make of them… and a round fountain with a beauti… And a song with a broken heart and… Do you understand my dreams? Sometimes you say you do,
She, In the dark, Found light Brighter than many ever see. She,
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
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams
It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun—
Children, I come back today To tell you a story of the long da… That I had to climb, that I had t… In order that the race might live… Look at my face —dark as the night…
Let’s go see Old Abe Sitting in the marble and the moon… Sitting lonely in the marble and t… Quiet for ten thousand centuries,… Quiet for a million, million years…
Well, son, I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal… It’s had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up,
You and your whole race. Look down upon the town in which y… And be ashamed. Look down upon white folks And upon yourselves