by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)

Language: English 
Lonely people
In the lonely night
Grab a lonely dream
And hold it tight.

Lonely people
In the lonely day
Work to salt
Their dream away.

Lonely people.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Little song ", op. 29 no. 2 [ baritone and piano ], from Mortal Storm, no. 2, with a German translation by E. Berghöfer-Engen

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This text was added to the website: 2005-09-19
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Word count: 28