I turned to speak to God About the world's despair; But to make bad matters worse I found God wasn't there. God turned to speak to me (Don't anybody laugh) God found I wasn't there -- At least not over half.
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Authorship:
- by Robert Frost (1874 - 1963), "Not All There" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Not All There", 2008 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-06
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