Speak Low

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 adrift,

we're swept apart, too soon.

Speak low, darling, speak low

Love is a spark,

lost in the dark

too soon, too soon

I feel 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

We're late, darling, we're late

The curtain descends,

ev'rything ends

too soon, too soon

I wait, darling, I wait

Will you speak low to me,

speak love to me and soon.