Speak Low

[RODNEY, spoken]
You're so nice to touch.

[VENUS, spoken]
Does it make you happy?

[RODNEY, spoken]
I... I never felt like this before.

[VENUS, spoken]
It's been a long time since anyone has.

(sung)
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 see 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 a thief

We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends
Everything ends
Too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me
Speak love to me
And soon?

[RODNEY]
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 a thief

[VENUS & RODNEY]
It's late, darling, it's late
The curtain descends
Everything ends
Too soon

[RODNEY]
Too soon

[VENUS & RODNEY]
I wait, darling, I wait

[RODNEY]
Will you speak love

[VENUS]
Will you speak love

[VENUS & RODNEY]
To me?