Late Last Night

"Late Last Night" is a song by Ricky Ian Gordon setting a poem by Langston Hughes. The song is part of Ricky Ian Gordon's collection Only Heaven, which sets seventeen poems of Langston Hughes.

Date: 1997Composer: Ricky Ian GordonText: Langston HughesSong Collection: Only Heaven

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Late Last Night
by Langston Hughes

Set on my steps and cried.
Wasn’t nobody gone,
Neither had nobody died.

I was cryin’
Cause you broke my heart in two.
You looked at me cross-eyed
And broke my heart in two –

So I was crying
On account of
You!

Sheet Music

Only Heaven

Composer(s): Ricky Ian Gordon

Song(s): Harlem Night Song
Daybreak In Alabama
When Sue Wears Red
Late Last Night
Port Town
Angel Wings
Luck
Delinquent
Dream Variations
In Time Of Silver Rain
Song For A Dark Girl
Drum
Litany
Dream
Night: Four Songs
Demand
Stars

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