Preludes Original Cast - Mountains / The Second Piano Concerto lyrics

(RACHMANINOFF sings “Mountains,” a song based on op. 14, no. 4, “I Came to Her”) [RACHMANINOFF] HE CAME TO ME AND SANG OF MOUNTAINS AND HE SANG TO ME OF THUNDER AND GODS AND THEN HE SANG OF DIAMONDS AND MARBLE STATUES AND LIBRARIES FULL OF BOOKS AND THE BOOKS WERE FULL OF NAMES PAGES OF NAMES ALL THE GREAT NAMES HE'D KNOWN EVER SINCE HE WAS A CHILD AND HE LOOKED ON EVERY PAGE TO SEE IF HE WAS THERE THEN I CAME TO HIM AND SANG OF SILENCE AND I SANG TO HIM OF NOTHING AT ALL (The song becomes the second theme of Piano Concerto no. 2, op. 18, first movement. RACH listens. Then:)