Louis Rosen

Lyrics

Act Three: My First Farewell

I SING THIS SONG FOR YOU
(Music and Lyric by Louis Rosen)

Lyrics are thoughts
Music emotion
The world of song —
Rich as the ocean
Songs align your brain and your soul
Making them one to make you whole
It’s time I told those writers of song
Who’ve thrilled me and filled me my whole life long...

Today my debt comes due
I sing this song for you
I sing this song for you
Hey Bop
Doo-Wop
Ob-La-Di-Bla-Da
Doo-Wah, Doo-Wah
Surry

Songs are built on songs, it’s true
A pinch of the old mixed with something new
A feeling here
A memory there…
Presto! A new song is in the air
Then you work, and work is play
You’re one with the songsters who paved your way.

Today my debt comes due
I sing this song for you
I sing this song for you
Hey Bop
Doo-Wop
Ob-La-Di-Bla-Da
Doo-Wah, Doo-Wah
Surry.
Can you Surry?
Bop!

Music explains my life, you see
Take away song – it’s a mystery
Folk song, jazz, early rock and roll
Bossa Nova, Blues, Blue-eyed soul
From Mozart to Wonder
I’ve understood
Life can be grand when the music’s good

Today my debt comes due
I sing this song for you
I sing this song…
For you
You…

Dylan, Gershwin, Lennon and McCartney
Laura’s confessing and Joni’s Blue
Lennie, Carole, Junior Burke and Stevie —
I sing this song for you
This song for you

Jobim, Armstrong, Ellington and Arlen
Simon, Sondheim and Taylor, too
Newman, Holland Dozier and Holland —
I sing this song for you
Puente, Copland…
This song’s for you
Mingus, Miles…
This song’s for you.

Hey Bop
Doo-Wop
Ob-La-Di-Bla-Da
Doo-Wah, Doo-Wah
Surry
Hey Bop
Doo-Wop
Ob-La-Di-Bla-Da
Doo-Wah, Doo-Wah
Surry

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