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One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music.
Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
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Stephen Joshua Sondheim
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You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have.
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You move just a finger, say the slightest word, something's bound to linger-be heard.
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White. A blank page or canvas. So many possibilities.
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I do not dwell on dreams I know how soon a dream becomes an expectation How can I have expectations? Look at me, No, Captain, Look at me, Look at me!
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The man i'll never be, Who remembers him?
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Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor.
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No one has ever known me as clearly as you. No one has ever shown me that love allows everything. Not pretty or safe or easy but something I never knew. Love within reason, that isn't love and I learned that from you.
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