How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,

When a man starts out with nothing… When a man starts out with his han… Empty, but clean, When a man starts to build a world… He starts first with himself

The census man, The day he came round, Wanted my name To put it down. I said, Johnson,

Good morning, daddy! Ain’t you heard The boogie—woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Listen closely:

I will take you heart. I will take your soul out of your… As though I were God. I will not be satisfied With the touch of your hand

I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams

Fine living . . . a la carte? Come to the Waldorf—Astoria! LISTEN HUNGRY ONES! Look! See what Vanity Fair says… new Waldorf—Astoria:

Let’s go see Old Abe Sitting in the marble and the moon… Sitting lonely in the marble and t… Quiet for ten thousand centuries,… Quiet for a million, million years…

I work all day, Said Simple John, Myself a house to buy. I work all day, Said Simple John,

Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody