Songfest - 4. Three Solos: To What You Said
Clamma Dale, Rosalind Elias, Nancy Williams, Neil Rosenshein, John Reardon, Donald Gramm, National Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
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To what you said
Passionately clasping my hand
This is my answer
Though you have strayed hither for my sake
You can never belong to me, nor I to you
Behold the customary loves and friendships
The cold guards
I am that rough and simple person
I am he who kisses his comrade lightly on the lips
At parting
And I am one who is kissed in return
I implore you not to do that new American salute
Behold love choked
Correct, polite, always suspicious
Behold the received lovers of the parlors
What are they to me?
What, to these young men that travel with me?