Speak low, when you speak love Our summer day withers away, too soon, too soon Speak low, when you speak love Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we're swept apart, too soon Speak low, darling, speak low Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
I feel, wherever I go that tomorrow is near Tomorrow is here and always too soon; Time is so old and love so brief Love is pure gold and time is a thief. We're late, darling, we're late, The curtain descends, ev'rything ends too soon, too soon I wait, darling, I wait, Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon. -------------------------
(I wait, darling I wait Will you speak low to me, Slow to me, oh, please, Just don't say no to me Let it flow to me, slow to me Soon, soon, soon Ooh, soon- darling speak low to me Darling speak slow to me- Oh....) ( )Add on by Barbara Streisand.
Song from "One Touch of Venus," lyrics by Ogden Nash, music by Kurt Weill, book by S. J. Perleman and Ogden Nash. It starred Mary Martin. Several U. S. and UK revivals.
Sung by many, including Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand and Sarah Vaughan.