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Cal Tjader
Cal Tjader
Performer
Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill
Composer
Ogden Nash
Ogden Nash
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
CARL E. JEFFERSON
CARL E. JEFFERSON
Producer

Lyrics

Speak low when you speak love
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Speak low when you speak love
Our moment is swift like ships adrift
Were swept apart too soon
Speak low, darling, speak low
Love is a spark lost in the dark too soon, too soon
I feel wherever I go
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here
And always too soon
Time is so old and love, so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief
We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me?
Speak love to me and soon
Time is so old and love, so brief
Love is pure gold and time, a thief
We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me?
Speak love to me and soon
Written by: Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash
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