“Every time you come in yelling that God damn "Rise and Shine!" "Rise and Shine!" I say to myself, "How lucky dead people are!"”

— Tennessee Williams , The Glass Menagerie

Tom, Scene Three
Source: The Glass Menagerie (1944)

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American playwright 1911–1983

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Context: p>My time coming, any day, don't worry about me, no
Been so long I felt this way, I'm in no hurry, no.
Rainbows end down that highway where ocean breezes blow
My time coming, voices saying, they tell me where to go.
Don't worry 'bout me, no no, don't worry 'bout me, no
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California, I'll be knocking on the golden door
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Rising up to paradise, I know I'm going to shine.</p