#AmericanWriters
'Me an’ ma baby’s Got two mo’ ways, Two mo’ ways to do de Charleston!… Da, da, Da, da, da!
Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow… I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other ni… By the pale dull pallor of an old…
When the shoe strings break On both your shoes And you’re in a hurry— That’s the blues. When you go to buy a candy bar
Goin’ down the road, Lawd, Goin’ down the road. Down the road, Lawd, Way, way down the road. Got to find somebody
You say I O.K.ed LONG DISTANCE? O.K.ed it when? My goodness, Central That was then!
Harlem Sent him home in a long box— Too dead To know why:
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lo… Life and Death,
When Susanna Jones wears red her face is like an ancient cameo Turned brown by the ages. Come with a blast of trumphets, J… When Susanna Jones wears red
Landlord, landlord, My roof has sprung a leak. Don’t you 'member I told you abou… Way last week? Landlord, landlord,
I live on a park bench. You, Park Avenue. Hell of a distance Between us two. I beg a dime for dinner—
It was a long time ago. I have almost forgotten my dream. But it was there then, In front of me, Bright like a sun—
Big Boy came Carrying a mermaid On his shoulders And the mermaid Had her tail
I take my dreams and make of them… and a round fountain with a beauti… And a song with a broken heart and… Do you understand my dreams? Sometimes you say you do,
The rent man knocked. He said, Howdy—do? I said, What Can I do for you? He said, You know
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is… (America never was America to me.…
