Jake Heggie - What if I say I shall not wait!
What if I burst the fleshly gate
And pass, escaped, to thee?
What if I file this mortal off
See where it hurt me, - that's enough, -
And wade in liberty?
They cannot take us any more, -
Dungeons may call, and guns implore;
Unmeaning now, to me
As laughter was an hour ago
Or laces, or a travelling show
Or who died yesterday!
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Jake Heggie - That I Did Always Love
That I did always love I bring thee Proof That till I loved I never lived — Enough — That I shall love alway — I argue thee That love is life — And life hath
Jake Heggie - Bird Soul
If birds are human souls What bird are you? A spring bird with a joyful song? A high flyer? Are you an evening bird Watching the moon Singing alone, alone
Jake Heggie - Because I Liked You Better
Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say It irked you, and I promised To throw the thought away To put the world between us We parted, stiff and dry;
Jake Heggie - The Factory Window Song
Factory windows are always broken Somebody's always throwing bricks Somebody's always heaving cinders Playing ugly Yahoo tricks Factory windows are always broken
Jake Heggie - In Praise of Songs That Die
Ah, they are passing, passing by Wonderful songs, but born to die! Cries from the infinite human seas Waves thrice-winged with harmonies Here I stand on a pier in the foam
Jake Heggie - The Farms of Home
The farms of home lie lost in even I see far off the steeple stand; West and away from here to heaven Still is the land There if I go no girl will greet me No comrade
Jake Heggie - What if I say I shall not wait!
What if I say I shall not wait? What if I burst the fleshly gate And pass, escaped, to thee? What if I file this mortal off See where it hurt me, - that's enough, -
Jake Heggie - "Why do I love" You, Sir?
"Why do I love" You, Sir? Because -- The Wind does not require the Grass To answer -- Wherefore when He pass She cannot keep Her place Because He knows --
Jake Heggie - White in the Moon
White in the moon the long road lies The moon stands blank above; White in the moon the long road lies That leads me from my love Still hangs the hedge without a gust
Jake Heggie - Patterns
I walk down the garden paths And all the daffodils Are blowing, and the bright blue squills I walk down the patterned garden-paths In my stiff, brocaded gown With my powdered
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