Tony Asaro: Music
Sky Is Blue
(Liz Carbonell and Amy Burgess, Julianne Wick Davis on Piano)
August 3, 2009
Music and Lyrics by Tony Asaro
BE WITH ME
FINALLY.
EQUALLY,
LEGALLY,
WE CAN BE IN LOVE.
THIS IS LOVE.
READ TO ME
YOUR POETRY.
I’LL/(YOU) SING MELODY,
YOU SING HARMONY.
WE CAN BE IN LOVE.
THIS IS LOVE.
WHERE THERE’S SOMETHING OLD,
THERE IS SOMETHING NEW.
THIS RITUAL IS BORROWED,
BUT HERE IS SOMETHING TRUE:
I’LL BE RIGHT HERE STANDIN’ PROUDLY NEXT TO YOU
AS LONG AS SKY IS BLUE.
YOU AND ME.
A FAMILY.
LIVING OUT IN THE OPEN
FOR THE WORLD TO SEE
HOW MUCH WE’RE IN LOVE.
THIS IS LOVE!
WHERE THERE’S SOMETHING OLD,
MAKE ROOM FOR SOMETHING NEW.
THIS RITUAL IS BORROWED,
BUT HERE IS SOMETHING TRUE:
I’LL BE RIGHT HERE STANDIN’ PROUDLY NEXT TO YOU
AS LONG AS SKY IS BLUE.
OH…
THIS IS NOT BLASPHEMY.
CATASTROPHE.
THIS IS DIGNITY.
HUMANITY.
BIGOTRY’S NOT LOVE.
THIS IS LOVE.
WHERE THERE’S SOMETHING OLD
MAKE ROOM FOR SOMETHING NEW.
THIS RITUAL IS BORROWED,
BUT HERE IS SOMETHIING TRUE:
WE WILL TIE A KNOT THEY NEVER CAN UNDO,
KNOWING ONE PLUS ONE IS SO MUCH MORE THAN TWO.
I AM RIGHT HERE STANDING PROUDLY NEXT TO YOU.
AS LONG AS SKY IS BLUE.