Your Beauty Is No Secret
Your beauty is no secret
that somebody can brush aside
you have sympathy with car guards
who do protect properties,
the need of hungry children
you want to touch;
sometimes you deny that you are pretty,
but everyone notices it.
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You Did Enter My Heart
You did enter my heart, you sneaked in
almost unnoticed with a simple smile;
it was such a quite kind of thing, happening
without me being aware and in a while
a sheer emptiness was in my heart
when from each other we were apart.
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On A Night Where Stars Flamed
On a night where stars flamed,
blood were pulsating between us,
your lips met mine
while the moon hanged bewitching silver,
while you fingers twisted through mine
and everything in our lives
were for a time
beautiful and right.
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In the being together of each day
In the being together of each day
there is sunshine
that comes from your humanity;
you know the pain
that loneliness brings, the change
when light disappears
but you have to be a kind of angel
as you love past all flesh and blood.
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When The Late Afternoon Begins To Fade
When the late afternoon begins to fade
then I do still think about you
as if you are right here,
then you are in my memories.
When the first stars appear,
when the light grows faint,
you are in my thoughts
as if we are embracing.
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Two guys on the bus
Two guys talk on the bus
and are convinced that fifty rand for four,
very expensive
and plan a day
to take their collected change
with backpacks to the bank
and I wonder
if with bank charges
they will earn any interest
at the bank.
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We Were Ignorant, Loved Each Other (Cavatina)
We were ignorant, loved each other,
as we were young
and just lived for the very moment,
we did belong
to people with a new view to living,
we felt quite strong
about liberty and serenity
and our love was gentle and it came free.
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Sometimes I Wonder
Sometimes I wonder
why people doubt Your Godliness
and without modesty
they mean that there are borders
to you omnipotence, as if lenses
of their telescopes can look
at Your real existence
and they find nothing to suit their wishes.
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Shadow spiders crawl on the wall (Hymnal Octave)
Shadow spiders crawl on the wall
at the red sunset's glare
and some are short and some are small
or very thin like hair
while others are narrow and tall
like a long twisting stair
but still you are my all in all
following everywhere.
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Deep In Prayer I Have Walked (Common Measure Octave)
Deep in prayer I have walked
while pouring rain came down,
with the strong southeaster blowing
you I called my own
about our love I have talked,
as mercies He has shown
to the Lord who is all knowing
while strong our love had grown.
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