don’t dare start thinking
in the morning … if I thought
thoughts would bust my head
Blues at Dawn
I don’t dare start thinking in the morning.
I don’t dare start thinking in the morning.
If I thought thoughts in bed,
Them thoughts would bust my head –
So I don’t dare start thinking in the morning.
I don’t dare remember in the morning
Don’t dare remember in the morning.
If I recall the day before,
I wouldn’t get up no more –
So I don’t dare remember in the morning.
As published in The Collected poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes (New York: Knopf, 1994).
I don’t dare start thinking in the morning.
I don’t dare remember in the morning
If I thought thoughts in bed, them thoughts would bust my head.
If I recall the day before, I wouldn’t get up no more.
Just get me a cup of coffee and go away for about 20 minutes.
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