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Laurie’s Song [Act I Scene 3: Once I thought I’d never grow tall as this fence] (Laurie) Lyrics by Aaron Copland

The Tender Land

1954

[LAURIE]
Once I thought I’d never grow tall as this fence
Time dragged heavy and slow
But April came and August went
Before I knew just what they meant
And little by little I grew
And as I grew I came to know
How fast the time could go
Once I thought I’d never go outside this fence
This space was plenty for me
But I walked down the road one day
And just happened I can’t say
But little by little it came to be
That line between thе earth and sky
Came beckoning to mе
Now the time has grown short
The world has grown so wide
I’ll be graduated soon
Why am I strange inside?
What makes me think I’d like to try
To go down all those roads beyond that line
Above the earth and ‘neath the sky?
Tomorrow when I sit upon
The graduation platform stand
I know my hand will shake
When I reach out to take that paper
With the ribboned band
Now that all the learning’s done
O who knows what will now begin?
O it’s so strange
I’m strange inside
The time has grown so short
The world so wide
Credits
Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland

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