Yip Harburg - Song Quotes

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Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.

Yip Harburg

As the writer of the lyric of the song 'God's Country', I am outraged by the suggestion that somehow I am connected with, believe in, or am sympathetic with Communist or totalitarian philosophy.

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Last night
When we were young Love was a star,
A song unsung,
Life was so new,
So real, so right,
Ages ago,
Last night.

Yip Harburg

Songs are the pulse of a nation's heart. A fever chart of its health.

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From lyrics of a song about Bishop Patrick trying to cross the street:

The light of God was with him,
But the traffic light was not.

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On the day I was born,
Said my father, said he
I've an elegant legacy waiting for ye.
Tis a rhyme for your lips
And a song for your heart
To sing it whenever the world falls apart. Look, look, look to the rainbow
Follow it over the hill and stream
Look, look, look to the rainbow
Follow the fellow who follows a dream.

Yip Harburg