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Silent Conversation

Duet for male and female voice

(M+F)
You can talk all night till you drop
And the sun comes over the horizon,
When the words come to a stop...
The silent conversation carries on.

Oh, silent conversation,
When the answers to my questions
Lie in your eyes...

(F)
In a world without a name,
You can’t express what you feel,
It doesn’t come out quite the same...
The spoken words just don’t sound real.

(M+F)
Oh, silent conversation,
When the answers to my questions
Lie in your eyes...

(M)
I put my finger to your lips, yeah,
When we are all on our own,
We can break the vase there
‘Cos one word is like a stone.

(M+F)
Oh, silent conversation,
(F)
When the answer to my questions
Lies in your eyes.
(M)
When the answer to your questions
Lies in my eyes...

(M+F)
And when we are buried together,
And you come wandering near us.
Though we’re silent forever,
Listen close and you will hear us...

Oh, silent conversation,
When the answer to our questions
Dies in our eyes,
When the answer to our questions
Dies in our eyes...
Oh, silent conversation.

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