I don't dare start thinking in the morning. I don't dare start thinking in the morning. If I thought thoughts in bed, Them thoughts would bust my head- So I don't dare start thinking in the morning. I don't dare remember in the morning Don't dare remember in the morning. If I recall the day before, I wouldn't get up no more- So I don't dare remember in the morning.
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Blues at Dawn", appears in Montage of a Dream Deferred, first published 1951 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Leonard Feather (b. 1914), "Blues Fantasy", published 1960 [sung text not yet checked]
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