Words

"Words" is the first song of Jeremy Gill's song cycle 3 Songs About Words, which sets the text of Lucy Miller Murray.

Date: 2009Composer: Jeremy GillSong Collection: 3 Songs About Words

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Words
by Lucy Miller Murray

Sit there, listen, listen to my voice
Sit there and be silent, love;
Ask me nothing, let me pound
My heart against your door;
Listen love, but do not open
Lest I should falter, fly in fear.

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