So since Im still here livin,
I came up once and hollered!
Langston Hughes
But it was High up there! It was high!
I stood there and I cried!
I thought about my baby
Life Is Fine
Sixteen floors above the ground.
Life is fine! Fine as wine! Life is fine!
So I jumped in and sank.
I set down on the bank.
I came up twice and cried!
I mightve sunk and died.
I stood there and I hollered!
I mightve jumped and died.
If it hadnt a-been so high
And you may see me cry--
And thought I wouldjump down.
But it was Cold in that water! It was cold!
I tried to think but couldnt,
But for livin I was born
Though you may hear me holler,
Ill be dogged, sweet baby,
I went down to the river,
I couldve died for love--
I guess I will live on.
If you gonna see me die.
If that water hadnt a-been so cold
I took the elevator
