Heart on the Wall

Song Cycle by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017)

1. Heart  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Pierrot
Took his heart
And hung it
On a wayside wall.

He said,
"Look, Passers-by,
Here is my heart!"

But no one was curious.
No one cared at all
That there hung
Pierrot's heart
On the public wall.

So Pierrot
Took his heart
And hid it
Far away.

Now people wonder
Where his heart is
Today.

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2. Remembrance  [sung text not yet checked]

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To wander through this living world
And leave uncut the roses
Is to remember fragrances where
The flower no scent encloses.

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3. Girl  [sung text not yet checked]

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She lived in sinful happiness
And died in pain.
She danced in sunshine
And laughed in rain.

She went one summer morning
When flowers spread the plain,
But she told everybody
She was coming back again.

Folks made a coffin
And hid her deep in earth.
Seems like she said:
My body
Brings new birth.

For sure there grew flowers
And tall young trees
And sturdy weeds and grasses
To sway in the breeze.

And sure she lived
In growing things
With no pain
To laugh in sunshine
And dance in rain.

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4. Havana Dreams  [sung text not yet checked]

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The dream is a cocktail at Sloppy Joe's --
(Maybe -- nobody knows.)

The dream is the road to Batabano.
(But nobody knows if that is so.)

Perhaps the dream is only her face --
Perhaps it's a fan of silver lace --
Or maybe the dream's a Vedado rose --
(Quien sabe? Who really knows?)

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5. For dead mimes  [sung text not yet checked]

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O white-faced mimes,
May rose leaves
Cover you
Like crimson
Snow.

And may Pierrette,
The faithful,
Rest forever
With Pierrot.

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First published in Messenger, September 1926.

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Total word count: 242