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(Posted 2019-07-23) CPDL #54867:

Editor: Michael Gray (submitted 2019-07-23). Score information: Letter (landscape), 8 pages, 200 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND

Edition notes: For Tenor Solo and men's choir. Can be done with just 4 voices

General Information

Title: When you were gone, I wished you were here
Composer: Michael Gray
Lyricist: Michael Gray

Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: TBB
Genre: Secular, Unknown

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 2019
Description: For Tenor Solo and a wordless male choir

External websites:

http://www.graymichael.com

Original text and translations

English text

I'm really bad at words; I'm really bad at what they say.
I'm really bad at making them ring, making them obey.
Still, I want you to know that the nights were long and alone with fear.
And when you were gone, I wish'd you were here.

You phoned from far away; I fought to find some words that'd care.
I searched for phrases loving and warm, but they were never there.
Still, I want you to know that the times you called made you feel so near
And when you were gone, I wish'd you were here.

And I wish'd my words would say what I really feel.
In your presence, they were cold and unreal.
Still, these feelings were frozen hard; trap'd in words of snow.
In their silences, how were you to know?

I'm really bad at words; I hid them all when you return'd.
So then, I held you tight in my arms to show you what I'd learn'd.
That my words all alone don't convey the love that I wanna make clear.
That, when you were gone, I wish'd you were here.

-MG (cc) by-nc-nd

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 {{Editor|Michael Gray|2019-07-23}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter (landscape)|8|200}}{{Copy|Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives}}
-:'''Edition notes:''' Can be done with just 4 voices
+:{{EdNotes|For Tenor Solo and men's choir. Can be done with just 4 voices}}
 ==General Information==
-'''Title:''' ''When you were gone, I wished you were here''<br>
+{{Title|''When you were gone, I wished you were here''}}
 {{Composer|Michael Gray}}
 {{Lyricist|Michael Gray}}
-{{Voicing|3|TBB}}<br>
+{{Voicing|3|TBB}}
 {{Genre|Secular|Other}}
 {{Language|English}}
 {{Instruments|A cappella}}
 {{Pub|1|2019}}
+{{Descr|For Tenor Solo and a wordless male choir}}
+{{#ExtWeb:
+http://www.graymichael.com}}
+==Original text and translations==
+{{Text|English|
+I'm really bad at words; I'm really bad at what they say.
+I'm really bad at making them ring, making them obey.
+Still, I want you to know that the nights were long and alone with fear.
+And when you were gone, I wish'd you were here.
-'''Description:''' For Tenor Solo and a wordless male choir
+You phoned from far away; I fought to find some words that'd care.
+I searched for phrases loving and warm, but they were never there.
+Still, I want you to know that the times you called made you feel so near
+And when you were gone, I wish'd you were here.
-'''External websites:''' http://www.graymichael.com
+ And I wish'd my words would say what I really feel.
+ In your presence, they were cold and unreal.
+ Still, these feelings were frozen hard; trap'd in words of snow.
+ In their silences, how were you to know?
-==Original text and translations==
+I'm really bad at words; I hid them all when you return'd.
-{{NoText}}
+So then, I held you tight in my arms to show you what I'd learn'd.
+That my words all alone don't convey the love that I wanna make clear.
+That, when you were gone, I wish'd you were here.
+-MG (cc) by-nc-nd}}
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