Speak low when you speak love
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Speak low when you speak love
our moment is swift like ships are drift
We’re swept apart, too soon.
Speak low, darling speak love
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
I see wherever I go, that tomorrow is near,
tomorrow is here and always too soon.

Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief.

I wait, darling I wait
The curtain descends and everything ends too soon, too soon
We’re late, darling we’re late.
Will you speak low to me speak love to me and soon

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Lyrics: Ogden Nash
Music: Kurt Weill From: One Touch of Venus