1998
The Thin Edge
Composed by
Jake Heggie
Jake Heggie Text by
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker Before the Storm Song Collection
"The Thin Edge" is the fourth and final song of Jake Heggie's song cycle Before the Storm.
Text
The Thin Edge
by Dorothy Parker
With you, my heart is quiet here,
And all my thoughts are cool as rain.
I sit and let the shifting year
Go by before the windowpane,
And reach my hand to yours, my dear . . .
I wonder what it’s like in Spain.