All John Coolidge Adams Lyrics (en) Total 11
John Coolidge Adams - Act I, Scene 1: Soldiers of heaven hold the skySoldiers of heaven hold the sky The morning breaks and shadows fly Follow the orders of the poor Your master is the laborer Who rules the world with truth and grace
John Coolidge Adams - Day ChorusIs not the day made to disperse their grief? Is not the day made to disperse their grief? Light covers the mourners as dirt covers the dead And brings them to themselves They have
John Coolidge Adams - Desert ChorusIs not their desert the garden of the Lord? Is not their desert the garden of the Lord? Rain falls on the earth where no man is to satisfy the desolate waste ground To raise a grass
John Coolidge Adams - Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"I am old and cannot sleep forever Like the young Nor hope that death, will be a novelty But endless, wakefulness When I put down my work and go to bed How much of what
John Coolidge Adams - I am the Wife of Mao Tse-tungI am the wife of Mao Tse-tung Who raised the weak above the strong When I appear the people hang When I appear the people They hang upon my words And for his sake Whose
John Coolidge Adams - Night ChorusIs not the night restless for them? Smoke detectors and burglar alarms Go off without reason, the taped voice Unwinds in the widow's backyard No one bothers to look up from
John Coolidge Adams - Ocean ChorusIs not the ocean itself their past? Landscape of night for Him Who is called All-Seeing, untouched By storms, deep-silted with the motes Of carrion which stand for light God
John Coolidge Adams - Chorus of Exiled JewsWhen I paid off the taxi, I had no money left And, of course, no luggage. My empty hands shall Signify this passion, which itself remembers O Daughter of Zion, when you lay upon my
John Coolidge Adams - Wild NightsWild Nights–Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our Luxury! Futile – the winds – To a Heart in port – Done with the Compass – Done with the
John Coolidge Adams - Because I Could Not Stop for DeathBecause I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality We slowly drove, he knew no haste And I put away
John Coolidge Adams - Negative LoveI never stoop'd so low, as they Which on an eye, cheek, lip, can prey ; Seldom to them which soar no higher Than virtue, or the mind to admire For sense and understanding
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