My heart wants roots. My mind wants wings. I cannot bear th… - Harold Arlen

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My heart wants roots. My mind wants wings. I cannot bear their bickerings.

Harold Arlen

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About Harold Arlen

Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (lyrics by Yip Harburg), including "Over the Rainbow", which won him the Oscar for Best Original Song, he was nominated as composer for 8 other Oscar awards. Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. "Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the RIAA and the NEA.

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Pen Names: Harold Arluck

Birth Name: Hyman Arluck

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Words make you think thoughts, music makes you feel a feeling, but a song makes you feel a thought.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree;

And only God who makes the tree
Also makes the fools like me.

But only fools like me, you see,
Can make a God, who makes a tree.

My heart wants roots
My mind wants wings.
I cannot bear
Their bickerings.

My heart wants roots. My mind wants wings. I cannot bear their bickerings. - Harold Arlen

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