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Dreams are a sweet mistake All dreamers must awake On, then, with the dance No backward glance Or my heart will break Never look back.
Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Sondheim
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: March 22
Author
Composer
Dramaturge
Librettist
Lyricist
Musician
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
New York City
New York
Stephen Joshua Sondheim
Dream
Dreamer
Back
Folly
Look
Awake
Looks
Dance
Must
Sweet
Dreamers
Heart
Dreams
Glance
Never
Mistake
Backward
Break
Glances
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