Final Songs

by Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961)

1. When death comes and whispers to me
 (Sung text)

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When death comes and whispers to me,
"Thy days are ended,"
let me say to him, "I have lived in love
and not in mere time."
He will ask, "Will thy songs remain?"
I shall say, "I know not, but this I know
that often when I sang I found my eternity."

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2. Many red devils ran from my heart
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Many red devils ran from my heart
And out upon the page,
They were so tiny
The pen could mash them.
And many struggled in the ink.
It was strange
To write in this red muck
Of things from my heart.

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3. Death by Drums
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If I cried out in anger against music
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4. Listening to Comrade Shostakovich on the Day of His Death

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5. Farewell Symphony

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A few miles ago, a year, a year
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6. There was a man with tongue of wood
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There was a man with tongue of wood
Who essayed to sing,
And in truth it was lamentable.
But there was one who heard
The clip-clapper of this tongue of wood
And knew what the man
Wished to sing,
And with that the singer was content.

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