1997

Late Last Night

Composed by Ricky Ian Gordon

Only Heaven Song Collection

"Late Last Night" is a song by Ricky Ian Gordon setting a poem by Langston Hughes. The song is part of Ricky Ian Gordon's collection Only Heaven, which sets seventeen poems of Langston Hughes.

Text

Late Last Night
by Langston Hughes

Set on my steps and cried.
Wasn’t nobody gone,
Neither had nobody died.

I was cryin’
Cause you broke my heart in two.
You looked at me cross-eyed
And broke my heart in two –

So I was crying
On account of
You!

Sheet Music

Only Heaven

Ricky Ian Gordon
Harlem Night Song
Daybreak In Alabama
When Sue Wears Red
Late Last Night
Port Town
Angel Wings
Luck
Delinquent
Dream Variations
In Time Of Silver Rain
Song For A Dark Girl
Drum
Litany
Dream
Night: Four Songs
Demand
Stars
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