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Desolation Blues - 12th Chorus

from Jack and the Blues (1997) for soprano and piano by Thomas Oboe Lee

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Little weird flower,
why did you grow?
Who planted you
on this god damn hill?
Who asked you to grow?
Why dont you go?
What's wrong with yr orange tips?
I was under the impression
that you were supposed to be
some kind of perfect nature.
Oh, you are?
Just a jiggle in the wind, I see.
At yr feet I see a nose gay
boukay
Of seven little purple apes
who dint grow so high
And a sister of yours
further down the precipice
and your whole family
to the left
I thot last week
you were funeral bouquets
for me
that never askt
to be born
or die
but now I guess
I'm just talkin'
thru my
empty head

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from Jack and the Blues (1997) for soprano and piano, released January 31, 2018

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Thomas Oboe Lee Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thomas Oboe Lee was born in China in 1945. He lived in São Paulo, Brazil, for six years before coming to the United States in 1966. After graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, he studied composition at the New England Conservatory and Harvard University. He has been a member of the music faculty at Boston College since 1990. ... more

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