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In Conversation With: Elizabeth "Connie" Converse

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Lyrics

One by One
We go walking in the dark
We go walking out at night
And it's not as lovers go two by two, to and fro
But it's one by one
One by one in the dark

We go walking out at night
As we wander through the grass
We can hear each other pass
But we're far apart
Far apart in the dark

We go walking out at night
With the grass so dark and tall
We are lost past recall
If the moon is down
And the moon is down

We are walking in the dark
If I had your hand in mine
I could shine
I could shine like the morning sun
Like the sun

There is a Vine
There is a vine growing on my garden wall
And it is brown and withered in the fall
And in the spring, its leaves are green and blossoms all aflame
But spring or fall, still I love you just the same

There is a gate halfway down my garden wall
And in the night, I lock it, bolts and all
And in the day, it's open wide to all who would come through
But day or night, it is never locked for you

There is a tree growing by my garden gate
And year by year it seems to stand and wait
And here am I, beneath the tree, for I am waiting too
And oh, my love, I will always wait for you

We Lived Alone
We lived alone
My house and I
We had the earth
We had the sky
I had a lamp against the dark
And I was happy as a lark

We lived alone
My house and I
We had the earth
We had the sky
I had a job my wants were few
They were until I wanted you

I had a stove and a window screen
I had a table painted green
Sat on a chair with a broken back
Wearing a pretty potato sack
I had a rug upon the floor
And roses grew around my door, oh
Though my estate was never high 
my house was snug and so was I

And when I set my eyes on you
Nothing else would do
Nothing else would do

Empty Pocket Waltz
Shall we dine out, my dear,
And dance the night away?
Don't say you're tired I know ou haven't worked all day
We've paid the rent, finally
and we're free to be free
Come now and waltz the Empty Pocket Waltz with me

Let's close our door and make believe we're all alone
Grandma can't hear and baby's sleeping like a stone
We paid the doctor his fee
and we're free to be free
Come now and walts the empty pocket waltz with me

Why so unhappy?
Don't be that way
Maybe they'll make me
queen for a day
You'll find a job probably
Or be free or be free
To waltz again this Empty pocket waltz with me

Lullaby for P. Bruce
A ship sails tonight for Singapore
A ship sails tonight for Italy
A ship sails tonight for Dream Country
I wonder which it will carry me

It's three weeks to sail to Italy
It's four weeks to sail to Singapore
So I'll take the ship for Dream Country
And morning bright I'll be back on shore

Sorrow is My Name
Oh keep on sleeping
When I pass your door
And keep on hoping
I will come no more
To me, tomorrow
Will be all the same
For sorrow, sorrow
Sorrow is my name

Oh keep on singing
When you hear my feet
And keep on dreaming
If your dream is sweet
And you may borrow
Candles for your game
But still your sorrow's
Coming just the same

And if you fear me
I will come in haste
And if you love me
I will go away
And if you scorn me
I will lay you waste
And if you know me
I will come to stay

Fortune's Child
This letter comes from fortune's child
You see no other name is signed
You may recall my heart was wild
And to your love, I paid no mind

We never could go hand in hand
So to your love, I only smiled
And you could never understand
That I was fortune's only child

You used to ask me what I wanted
I said "The world, and time, and space"
My heart was wild, my head was haunted
With every new and smiling face

I said I'd wait 'til fortune smiled
I said I'd never change my mind
This letter comes from fortune's child
But when was fortunе ever kind

Invocation
Transformation
Inspiration
Commision
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