They Might Not Need Me

"They Might Not Need Me" is a song by Lori Laitman from her song cycle Days and Nights. "They Might Not Need Me" sets a poem by Emily Dickinson.

Date: 1995Composer: Lori LaitmanText: Emily DickinsonSong Collection: Days and Nights

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They might not need me — yet they might — (poem 1391)
by Emily Dickinson

They might not need me — yet they might —
I’ll let my Heart be just in sight —
A smile so small as mine might be
Precisely their necessity —

Sheet Music

Days and Nights

Composer(s): Lori Laitman

Song(s): 1. Along With Me
2. They Might Not Need Me
3. The Night has a Thousand Eyes
4. Over the Fence
5. Song
6. Wild Nights

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