Eight Miniatures

Song Cycle by William Mayer (b. 1925)

?. Deeply down
 (Sung text)

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Deeply down
In a great green sweep of sound
Goes the ocean.
Deeply down
In a great green sweep of sound,
Down, down...

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?. "... For no man"
 (Sung text)

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I wish that time would stop
Or wish it might go slowly,
I wish -- 
But time passes.

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?. Prophetic soul
 (Sung text)

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Because your eyes are slant and slow,
Because your hair is sweet to touch,
My heart is high again; but oh,
I doubt if this will get me much.

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?. Land of dead dreams
 (Sung text)

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They are crammed and jammed in buses,
And they're each of them alone,
Each of them alone,
In the land where the dead dreams go.

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?. Isn't there some mistake?
 (Sung text)

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Who knows what new oddity
Age will bring me today?
The wrinkle, the white hair,
The jowl that was the identifying mark
Of uncle, parent, parents' friends
Ludicrously lands on me.

Isn't there some mistake?
No.

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Total word count: 130