#AmericanWriters
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
In places like Selma, Alabama, Kids say, In places like Chicago and New York...
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…
I went to the Gypsy’s. Gypsy settin’ all alone. I said, Tell me, Gypsy, When will my gal be home? Gypsy said, Silver,
My name is Johnson— Madam Alberta K. The Madam stands for business. I’m smart that way. I had a
Tell all my mourners To mourn in red — Cause there ain’t no sense In my bein’ dead.
The gold moth did not love him So, gorgeous, she flew away. But the gray moth circled the flam… Until the break of day. And then, with wings like a dead d…
To fling my arms wide In some place of the sun, To whirl and to dance Till the white day is done. Then rest at cool evening
When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. When I was home de Sunshine seemed like gold. Since I come up North de
Now dreams Are not available To the dreamers, Nor songs To the singers.
When a man starts out with nothing… When a man starts out with his han… Empty, but clean, When a man starts to build a world… He starts first with himself
The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss.
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…
Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. I have as much right
In an envelope marked: PERSONAL God addressed me a letter. In an envelope marked: PERSONAL