The Sondheim Lyrics Chain

[KathyB]

That's the one I had in mind, or rather, had in mind as a backup in case another one couldn't be found. I thought there might be something in Saturday Night or Forum or Gypsy. I was sick of using "guarantee" as a target word.

tenderness (Need to get Otis Redding out of my mind)

[KathyB]

All the curses have been ended,
The reverses wiped away.
All is tenderness and laughter
For forever
After!

[scenicdesign71]

You know it isn't massacres and laughter all day long.
Still, there's something about a war
That's like a song!

[KathyB]

I'm assuming there is another, less-obvious one, but I'm going for the obvious:

It started out like a song.
We started quiet and slow,
With no surprise
And then one morning I woke
To realize
We had a good thing going.

(I know of two, which means there are probably at least six in the pantheon.   )

[scenicdesign71]

Oh, I was aiming for the obvious; my thinking stopped short of even wondering whether there might be a third instance of "like a song" somewhere, never mind actually investigating the possibilty.   

realize