Langston Hughes
We’ll Go Away Together / Lonely House
[Part I: We'll Go Away Together]
[Verse: Anna Bergman, Chuck Cooper]
When birds get old enough
They spread their wings and fly
It's natural for a bird
To want to try the sky
When two people are in love
Their souls grow wings and say
The nest is too small now
Come away, love, come away!
Come away!
[Chorus: Anna Bergman, Chuck Cooper, Anna Bergman & Chuck Cooper]
We'll go away together
Just we two, just you and I
We'll build a house to shelter us
Beneath a happier sky
We'll go away together
Out of shadows into light
We'll leave behind our yesterdays
And make tomorrow bright
Life is a sky-tall mountain
Wherе clouds play hide and seek
But love will blaze a trail for us
Up to thе highest peak
Maybe we'll find a rainbow
Maybe there's stormy weather
But you'll be in my arms, my love
When we go away together
When we go away together
[Part II: Lonely House]
[Verse: Mark Coffin]
At night when everything is quiet
The old house seems to breathe a sigh
Sometimes I hear a neighbor snoring
Sometimes I hear a baby cry
Sometimes I hear a staircase creaking
Sometimes a distant telephone
Then the quiet settles down again
The house and I are all alone
[Chorus: Mark Coffin]
Lonely house
Lonely me
Funny with so many neighbors
How lonely it can be
Oh, lonely street
Lonely town
Funny you can be so lonely
With all these folks around
I guess there must be something
I don't comprehend
Sparrows have companions
Even stray dogs find a friend
The night for me is not romantic
Unhook the stars and take them down
I'm lonely in this lonely house
In this lonely town
[Part III: We'll Go Away Together (Reprise)]
[Chorus: Anna Bergman, Chuck Cooper, Anna Bergman & Chuck Cooper]
Home need not be a palace
Or a golden castle in Spain
I'd be content with just a roof
To keep out snow and rain
Just so we find a shelter
From cold and wind and weather
I'll warm you in my arms, my love
When we go away together
[Outro: Anna Bergman & Chuck Cooper, Mark Coffin, Anna Bergman, Chuck Cooper & Mark Coffin]
When we go
We two / My love (My love)
Away!