"SUNRISE, SUNSET"
NEW LYRICS BY SHELDON HARNICK, FOR SAME-SEX WEDDING COUPLES.
ALL NEW LYRICS COPYRIGHT 2011, SHELDON HARNICK.
ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS COPYRIGHT, 1964 JERRY BOCK AND SHELDON HARNICK
FOR MALE COUPLES:
Is this the little boy I carried?
Is that the little boy at play?
I don't remember growing older.
When did they?
When did they get to be so handsome?
When did they grow to be so tall?
Wasn't it yesterday when they were small?
Sunrise, sunset,
Sunrise, sunset,
Swiftly flow the days.
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers,
Blossoming even as we gaze.
Sunrise, sunset,
Sunrise, sunset,
Swiftly fly the years.
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears.
What words of wisdom can I give them?
How can I help to ease their way?
Now they must learn from one another
Day by day.
They look so natural together.
Just like two newlyweds should be.
Is there a canopy in store for me?
Sunrise, sunset,
Sunrise, sunset,
Swiftly fly the years.
One season following another,
Laden with happiness and tears.
FOR FEMALE COUPLES:
Is this the little girl I carried?
Is that the little girl at play?
I don't remember growing older.
When did they?
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did they grow to be this tall?
Wasn't it yesterday when they were small?
Sunrise, sunset,