You are moving on a crowded street Through various shades of people In the summers harshest heat A story in your eye Well, speak until your minds at ease Ten ye...

The problem is all inside your head She said to me The answer is easy if you Take it logically I'd like to help you in your struggle To be free There must be fi...

Time, Time, Time, see what's become of me While I looked around for my possibilities I was so hard to please Look around, Leaves are brown, And the sky is a ha...

He was A Most Peculiar Man That's what Mrs Riordan said and she should know; She lived upstairs from him She said he was A Most Peculiar Man He was A Most Pecu...

The last train is nearly due The underground is closing soon In the dark deserted station Restless in anticipation A man waits in the shadows His restless eyes...

I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored I been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I'm blind I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded Com...

Some people say Jesus that's the ace in the hole But I never met the man so l don't really know Maybe some Christmas if I'm sick and alone He will look up my nu...

Sal It was the morning of october 6th, 1960 I was wearing my brown suit Preparing to leave the house of d Shook some hands then adios brooklyn amigos Maybe some...

(Paul Simon) 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 f...

Maladies Melodies Allergies to dust and grain Maladies Remedies Still these allergies remain My hand can't touch a guitar string My fingers just burn and ache M...

Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together I've got some real estate here in my bag So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs Wagner's pies And we walke...

Traveling Boy (Williams/Nichols) Wake up, my love, beneath the midday sun, alone, once more alone This traveling boy was only passing through, but he will alwa...

On the morning of her wedding day When no one was awake She drove across the border Leaving all the yellow roses on her wedding cake Her mother's tears, her bre...

April Come She Will When streams are ripe and swelled with rain; May, she will stay, Resting in my arms again June, she'll change her tune, In restless walks s...

On armistice day The philharmonic will play But the songs that we sing Will be sad Shufflin brown tunes Hanging around, ahoo M-m-m-m-m-m-m No long drawn blown o...

Someone told me It's all happening at the zoo I do believe it I do believe it's true Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm Oh ho ho ho Mmmmm, mmmmm, mmmmm It...

Snowman sittin' in the sun doesn't have time to waste He had a little bit too much fun, now his head's erased Back in the house, family of three, two doin' the ...

Sal Whoa------i got time on my hands tonight You're the girl of my dreams When I'm near you my future seems bright Oo------i want you to be my girl I want you ...

Blues Run the Game Lyrics Written by Jackson CFrank Catch a boat to England, baby, Maybe to Spain, Wherever I have gone, Wherever I've been and gone, Wherever ...

a man walks down the street he says why am i soft in the middle now why am i soft in the middle but rest of my life is so hard i need a photo opportunity i want...

Title: Born at the Right Time: Paul Simon Born at the Right Time Down among the reeds and rushes A baby boy was found His eyes as clear as centuries His ...

SALVADOR I was born in Puerto Rico We came here when I was a child Before I reached the age of sixteen I was running with the gang and we were wild He keeps loo...

When you're weary, feeling small, When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all I'm on your side when times get rough And friends just can't be found, Like a...

Esmeralda I am esmeralda agrón, se? ora I know I've no right to speak My son is not the savage boy you see, The cape, the sneer, the slicked-back hair It hides ...

I can't run but I can walk much faster than this Can't run but I can't run but I can walk much faster than this Can't run but A cooling system Burns out in the...

Cars are cars all over the world Cars are cars all over the world Similarly made similarly sold In a motorcade abandoned when they're old Cars are cars all over...

Celia, you're breaking my heart You're shaking my confidence daily Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees I'm begging you please to come home Celia, you're breaking...

Cloudy Paul Simon Cloudy, The sky is grey and white and Cloudy Sometimes I think it's hangin' down on me It's a-hitchhike a hundred miles I'm a rag-lovin' chi...

The Mississippi Delta was shining Like a national guitar I am following the river Down the highway Through the cradle of the civil war I'm going to Graceland, G...

Congratulations Oh, seems like you've done it again And I ain't had such misery Since I don't know when Oh, and I don't know when, oh, and I don't know when I ...

Paul Simon) Fat Charlie the Archangel Slped into the room He said I have no opinion about this And I have no opinion about that Sad as a lonely little wrinkled...

The first time I saw her I couldn't be sure But the sin of impatience Said, "she's just what you're looking for" So I walked right up to her And with the part ...

Truth or lie, the silence is revealing An empty sky, a hidden mound of stone But the CAT scan's eye sees what the heart's concealing Now-a-days, when everything...

(a-wa) o kodwa u zo-nge li-sa namhlange (a-wa a-wa) si-bona kwenze ka kanjani (a-wa a-wa) amanto mbazane ayeza She's a rich girl She don't try to hide it Diamon...

Couple in the next room Bound to win a prize They've been goin' at it all night long Well I'm tryin' to get some sleep But these motel walls are cheap Lincoln d...

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail Yes I would, if I could, I surely would I'd rather be a hammer than a nail Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would Aw...

Locked in a struggle for the right combination - Of words in a melody line, I took a walk along the riverbank of my imagination Golden clouds were shuffling the...

If she stays, she stays here The girl does what she wants to do She knows what she wants to do And I know I'm fakin' it, I'm not really makin' it I'm such a du...

from The Wild Thornberrys Movie soundtrack If you leap awake In the mirror of a bad dream And for a fraction of a second You can't remember where you are Just o...

Slow down, you movin' too fast You gotta make the moment last Just kickin' down the cobblestones Lookin' for fun and Feelin' groovy____________ Hello lampost W...

Through the corridors of sleep Past the shadows dark and deep My mind dances and leaps in confusion I don't know what is real, I can't touch what I feel And I h...

What I dream I had, dressed in organdy Clothed in crinoline, of smoky Burgundy Softer than the rain I wandered empty streets, down past the shop displays I hea...

There may come a time When you'll be tired As tired as a dream that wants to die And further to fly Further to fly Further to fly Further to fly Maybe you will...

From early in November to the last week of December I got money matters weighing me down Oh the music may be merry, but it's only temporary I know Santa Claus i...

Lord, I am a working man And music is my trade I'm travelin' with this five-piece band I play the ace of spade I have a wife and family But they don't see much ...

The night was black, the roads were icy Snow was fallin', drifts were high And I was weary, from my driving And I stopped to rest for a while I sat down at a tr...

(Paul Simon) The Mississippi Delta was shining Like a National guitar I am following the river Down the highway Through the cradle of the civil war I'm going ...

(words by Paul Simon; music by Paul Simon, Jonhjon Mkhalali and Lulu Masilela) I was having this discussion In a taxi heading downtown Rearranging my position...

Yesterday it was my birthday I hung one more year on the line I should be depressed My life's a mess But I'm having a good time Oo, I've been loving and loving...

He was my brother Five years older than I He was my brother Twenty-three Years old the day he died Freedom writer They cursed my brother to his face Go home ou...

(Paul Simon) One and one-half wandering Jews Free to wander wherever they choose Are travelling together In the Sangre de Cristo The Blood of Christ Mountains ...

(Paul Simon and Joseph Shabalala) Emaweni webaba Silale maweni Webaba silale maweni Webaba silale maweni Webaba silale maweni Webaba silale maweni Webaba sila...

I'm sitting in the railway station Got a ticket to my destination On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand And ev'ry stop is neatly planned ...

We heard the fireworks Rushed out to watch the sky Happy go lucky Fourth of July How can you live in the Northeast? How can you live in the South? How can you b...

In the blue light Of the belvedere motel Wondering as the television burns How the heart approaches what it yearns In a fever I distinctly hear your voice Emer...

Tell us all a story About how it used to be Make it up and write it down Just like history About goldilocks and the three bears Nature in the cross hairs And ho...

A winter's day In a deep and dark December; I am alone, Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow I am a rock, I am a...

Words & music by paul simon We were married on a rainy day The sky was yellow And the grass was gray We signed the papers And we drove away I do it for your lo...

Acts of kindness, like breadcrumbs in a fairytale forest, lead us past dangers as light melts the darkness But I don't believe, and I'm not consoled I lean clos...

(words by Paul Simon; music by Paul Simon and General M D Shirinda) She looked me over And I guess she thought I was all right All right in a sort of a limited...

Half and hour you change your strings and tune up Sizing the room up Checking the bar Local girls unspoken conversations Misinformation Plays the guitar They s...

I hear the drizzle of the rain Like a memory it falls Soft and warm continuing Tapping on my roof and walls And from the shelter of my mind Through the window ...

Gee but it's great to be back home Home is where I want to be I've been on the road so long my friend That if you came along I know you couldn't disagree Its th...

Inmate Killer wants to go to college He wants to get his parole So the department of corrections Will release him in the fall Killer wants to go on tv Wants to ...

Sal I know you're trying to protect me Searching for another truth With your language and your poetry From my ignorance and youth Hey I did not come to argue M...

KODACHROME Paul Simon Transcribed by Randy Goldberg When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all And though my l...

The first thing I remember I was lying in my bed I couldn't of been no more Than one or two I remember there's a radio Comin' from the room next door And my mot...

Words & music by paul simon You got to learn how to fall Before you learn to fly And mama, mama it ain?t no lie Before you learn to fly Learn how to fall You ...

(CCDD) CGC/CFG7C/FG7/CGCGC/CGAm/AmFG I was 21 years when I wrote this song I'm 22 now, but I won't be for long Time hurries on And the leaves that are green tu...

LINCOLN DUNCAN by Paul Simon Em D Couple in the next room, bound to win a prize Em D They've been going at it all night...

It's been a long, long day I got some run-down shoes Ain't got no place to stay But any old place will be okay It's been a long, long day Good night Good night...

Look at that Look at this Drop a stone in the abyss Then walk away and know that anything can happen Just like that Just like this Look at that Look at this Gi...

Cool me Cool my fever high Hold me when I cry I need it so much Makes you want to get down and crawl like a beggar For it's touch And all the while it's free as...

Love and blessings Simple kindness Fell like rain on thirsty land Fields and gardens Long abandoned Came to life in dust and sand Lover's lips sweet as honey T...

God and His only Son Paid a courtesy call on Earth One Sunday morning Orange blossoms opened their fragrant lips Songbirds sang from the tips of Cottonwoods Old...

Love is eternal sacred light Free from the shackles of time Evil is darkness, sight without sight A demon that feeds on the mind How'd it all begin? Started wi...

When I was a little boy And the Devil would call my name I'd say "now who do Who do you think you're fooling?" I'm a consecrated boy Singer in a Sunday choir My...

The mama pajama rolled out of bed And she ran to the police station When the papa found out he began to shout And he started the investigation Its against the l...

THESE ARE THE LYRICS TO PAUL SIMON'S -- ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD (These are off the top of my head so forgive me for errors I think the name of the...

No I would not give you false hope On this strange and mournful day But the mother and child reu-nion Is only a motion away, oh, little darling of mine I cant f...

And here's to you, Mrs Robinson, Jesus loves you more than you will know (Wo wo wo) God bless you, please, Mrs Robinson, Heaven holds a place for those who pray...

In my little town I grew up believing God keeps his eye on us all And he used to lean upon me As I pledged allegiance to the wall Lord I recall my little town C...

There were two men down And the score tied In the bottom of the eighth When the pitcher died And they laid his spikes On the pitcher's mound And his uniform wa...

Who knows my secret broken Who feels my flesh when I am gone Who was a witness to the dream Who kissed my eyes and saw the scream Lying there Nobody Who is my ...

The boy's got brains He just don't use 'em that's all The boy's got brains He just refuse to use 'em that's all He said "The more I get to thinking The less I t...

The first time I heard "Peggy Sue"? I was 12 years old Russians up in rocket ships And the war was cold Now many wars have come and gone Genocide still goes on ...

Old friends, old friends, Sat on their parkbench like bookends A newspaper blown through the grass Falls on the round toes of the high shoes of the old friends ...

Once upon a time there was an ocean But now it's a mountain range Something unstoppable set into motion Nothing is different, but everthing's changed It's a dea...

There's been some hard feelings here About some words that were said Been some hard feelings here And what is more There's been a bloody purple nose And some bl...

Slip slidin' away Slip slidin' away You know the nearer your destination The more you're slip slidin' away I know a man He came from my home town He wore his p...

It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor Outrageous, the crimes some human beings must endure It's a blessing to wash your face in the su...

It's carbon and monoxide The ole Detroit perfume And it hangs on the highways In the morning And it lays you down by noon Oh Papa Hobo You can see that I'm dres...

I got some so-called friends They'll smile right to my face But, when my back is turned They'd like to stick it to me Yes they would Oh no no, oh no no There's ...

The night sets softly With the hush of falling leaves, Casting shivering shadows On the houses through the trees, And the light from a street lamp Paints a patt...

Peace like a river ran thnough the city Long past the midnight curfew We sat starry-eyed We were satisfied And I remember Misinformation followed us like a plag...

Big and fat Pig's supposed to look like that Barnyard thug Sleeps on straw and calls it a rug Yeah that's a rug, ok Se's walking down the street And nobody's go...

Soon our fortunes will be made, my darling And we will leave this loathsome little town Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby Silver foil ...

TEEN IDOL The way you move It's got quality Come on baby, let's go downtown Little girl, you sure look good to me The way you move It's got quality Come on baby...

A pilgrim on a pilgrimage Walked across the Brooklyn Bridge His sneakers torn In the hour when the homeless move their cardboard blankets And the new day is bor...

I am heading for a time of quiet When my restlessness is past And I can lie down on my blanket And release my fists at last I am heading for a time of solitude...