Тексты песен «Paul Simon»


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Paul Simon - The Boxer

I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest...

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Paul Simon - The Boy In The Bubble

(words by Paul Simon; music by Paul Simon and Forere Motlobeloa) It was a slow day And the sun was beating On the soldiers by the side of the road There was a bright light A shattering of shop windows The bomb in the...

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Paul Simon - The Boy In The Bubble

It was a slow day And the sun was beating On the soldiers by the side of the road There was a bright light A shattering of shop windows The bomb in the baby carriage Was wired to the radio These are the days of miracle...

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Paul Simon - The Coast

A family of musicians took shelter for the night In the little harbor church of St. Cecilia Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine Rose of Jericho and Bougainvillea This is a lonely life Sorrows everywhere you...

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Paul Simon - The Cool, Cool River

Moves like a fist through the traffic Anger and no one can heal it Shoves a little bump into the momentum It's just a little lump But you feel it In the creases and the shadows With a rattling deep emotion The cool,...

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Paul Simon - The Dangling Conversation

It's a still life water color, Of a now late afternoon, As the sun shines through the curtained lace And shadows wash the room. And we sit and drink our coffee Couched in our indifference, Like shells upon the shore You...

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Paul Simon - The Late Great Johnny Ace

I was reading a magazine And thinking of a rock and roll song The year was nineteen fiftyfour And I hadn't been playing that long When a man came on the radio And this is what he said He said I hate to break it to his...

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Paul Simon - The Myth Of Fingerprints

Over the mountain Down in the valley Lives a former talk-show host Everybody knows his name He says there's no doubt about it It was the myth of fingerprints I've seen them all and man They're all the same Well, the sun...

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Paul Simon - The Obvious Child

I'm accustomed to a smooth ride Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost its bite I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more I don't expect to sleep through the night Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie But I say why Why...

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Paul Simon - The Only Living Boy In New York

Tom, get your plane right on time. I know your part'll go fine. Fly down to Mexico. Da-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da and here I am, The only living boy in New York. I get the news I need on the weather report. I can gather all...

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Paul Simon - The Rhythm Of The Saints

If I have weaknesses Don't let them blind me Or camouflage all I am wary of I could be sailing in seizures of laughter Or crawling out from under the heel of love Do my prayers remain unanswered Like a beggar at your...

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Paul Simon - The Side Of A Hill

On the side of a hill In a land called somewhere A little boy lays asleep in the earth While down in the valley a cruel war rages And people forget what a childs life is worth On the side of a hill a little cloud weeps...

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Paul Simon - The Sound Of Silence

Hello, darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision That was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence...

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Paul Simon - The Teacher

Words & music by Paul Simon There once was a teacher of great renown Whose words were like the tablets of stone Because it's easier to learn than unlearn Because we've passed the point of no return Gather your...

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Paul Simon - The Vampires

HERNANDEZ Well, did you bring me my money, My cab fare My new shoes? I got expenses, you know Where's my weekly dues? SAL I ain't giving you my fucking money. HERNANDEZ Oye, mother fucker, where's this jibaro from?...

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Paul Simon - Thelma

If a feeling's born and no one complains Well that's good luck running through young veins And if life is a blessing that brushes the tops of the trees Well it's a short walk in a sweet breeze I will need you, feed...

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Paul Simon - Think Too Much

They say that the left side of the brain Controls the right They say that the right side Has to work hard all night Maybe I think too much for my own good Some people say so Other people say no no The fact is...

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Paul Simon - Think Too Much (A)

(Paul Simon) They say that the left side of the brain Controls the right They say that the right side Has to work hard all night Maybe I think too much for my own good Some people say so Other people say no no The fact...

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Paul Simon - Think Too Much (B)

(Paul Simon) The smartest people in the world Had gathered in Los Angeles To analyze our love affair And possibly unscramble us And we sat among our photographs Examined every one And in the end we compromised And met...

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Paul Simon - Think Too Much (B)

The smartest people in the world Had gathered in Los Angeles To analyze our love affair And possibly unscramble us And we sat among our photographs Examined every one And in the end we compromised And met the...