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With So Little To Be Sure Of

George Hearn & Victoria Mallory,

A Stephen Sondheim Evening

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100. With So Little to Be Sure Of (Anyone Can Whistle) - George Hearn and Victoria Mallory (from the concert recording of ”A Stephen Sondheim Evening”)

“Being sure enough of you
Makes me sure enough of me”

I think this is my favorite of Sondheim’s love songs. It’s open-hearted without getting treacly. It’s got Sondheim’s signature creeping darkness, embodied by the word “enough.” Neither lover is really sure or each other, but sure enough. There’s also something really important about acknowledging a love that ran its course and ended more or less naturally: “None of it was wasted. / All of it will last.”

I also love the counter-melody that comes in at the end, with the words “There’s more of love in me right now / than all the little bits of love / I’ve known before.” Which of course isn’t included in this rendition, but what can you do?

[From A Stephen Sondheim Evening.]