by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Could be
Language: English
Could be Hastings Street, Or Lenox Avenue, Could be Eighteenth & Vine And still be true. Could be Fifth & Mound, Could be Rampart. When you pawned my watch You pawned my heart. Could be you love me, Could be [that] you don't. Might be that you'll come back, Like as not you won't. Hastings Street is weary, Also Lenox Avenue. Any place is dreary Without my watch and you.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967) [author's text not yet checked 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 John Musto (b. 1954), "Could be", from Shadow of the blues, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Musto
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 70