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Text by Lola Ridge
It's strange about stars...
Melissa Dunphy
3 min
2014
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It's strange about stars ...
You have to be still when they look at you.
They push your song inside of you with their song.
Their long silvery rays
sink into you and do not hurt.
It is good to feel them resting on you
like great white birds...
and their shining whiteness
doesn't burn like the sun
it washes all over you
and makes you feel cleaner'n water.
From Sun-Up [IV. Betty]by Lola Ridge (1920)
for all the survivors
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Soprano 1
Soprano 2
Alto 1
Alto 2
Reduction
It's
pp
strange a bout stars... It's
p
strange, You
have to be
Adagioq= 60
It's
pp
strange a bout stars... It's
p
strange, it's
m
strange, You
have to be
It's
pp
strange a bout stars... It's
p
strange a bout stars... You
have to be
It's
pp
strange, It's
p
strange, You
have to be
m
Adagioq= 60
pp p
S1
S2
A1
A2
still
subp
when they look at you. They
p
push, push, push
your
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still,
sub p
still when they look at you. They
p
push, push, push
your
still
subp
when they look at you. They
p
push, push, push
your
still,
subp
still when they look at you. They
p
push, push, push,
push your
subp
p
Lyrics by Lola Ridge Melissa Dunphy
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S1
S2
A1
A2
song in side of you with
m
their song.
Their
mp
long, long sil ver y rays
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song in side of you with
m
their song.
Their
mp
long, long, long sil ver y rays
song in side of you with
m
their song.
Their
mp
long, long, sil ver y rays
song in side of you with
m
their song.
Their
mp
sil ver y rays
m mp
S1
S2
A1
A2
sink in to you and do not hurt. It
is good to feel them rest ing on
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sink in to you and do not hurt. It
is good to feel them rest ing on
sink in to you and do not hurt. It
is good to feel them rest ing on
sink in to you and do not hurt. It
is good to feel them rest ing on you
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S1
S2
A1
A2
you like great white birds...
great white birds... and
mp
their shin ing white ness does n't
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you like great white birds...
great white birds... and
mp
their shin ing white ness does n't
you like great white birds...
great white birds... and
mp
their shin ing white ness does n't
like great white birds...
great white birds... and
mp
their shin ing white ness does n't
mp
S1
S2
A1
A2
burn like the sun
it
sempre
wash es ov er you, it wash es ov er
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burn like the sun
it
sempre
wash es ov er you, it wash es ov er you, it
burn like the sun
it
wash es ov er you, it
burn like the sun
it
wash es ov er you, it
sempre
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S1
S2
A1
A2
you, it wash es ov er you and
p
makes you feel clean
mp
er 'an
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wash es ov er you and
p
makes you feel clean
mp
erer 'an
wash es ov er you and
p
makes you feel clean
mp
er 'an
wash es ov er you and
p
makes you feel clean
mp
er 'an
p mp
S1
S2
A1
A2
wat er, clean er 'an wat er, clean er than wat er.
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wat er, clean er 'an wat er, clean er than wat er.
wat er, clean er 'an wat er, clean er than wat er.
wat er, clean er 'an wat er, clean er than wat er.
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