1.Still Crazy After All These Years
Words:paul simon
Music:paul simon
I met my old lover
On the street last night
She seemed so glad to see me
I just smiled
And we talked about some old times
And we drank ourselves some beers
Still crazy afler all these years
Oh, still crazy after all these years
I'm not the kind of man
Who tends to socialize
I seem to lean on
Old familiar ways
And i aint no fool for love songs
That whisper in my ears
Still crazy afler all these years
Oh, still crazy after all these years
Four in the morning
Crapped out, yawning
Longing my life a--way
I'll never worry
Why should i?
It's all gonna fade
Now i sit by my window
And i watch the cars
I fear i'll do some damage
One fine day
But i would not be convicted
By a jury of my peers
Still crazy after all these years
Oh, still crazy
Still crazy
Still crazy after all these years
2.My Little Town
Words:paul simon
Music:paul simon
In my little town
I grew up believ--ing
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
Coming home after school
Flying my bike past the gates
Of the factories
My mom doing the laundry
Hanging our shirts
In the dirty breeze
And after it rains
There's a rainbow
And all of the colors are black
It's not that the colors aren't there
It's just imagin-ation they lack
Everything's the same
Back in my little town
Nothing but the dead and dying
Back in my little town
Nothing but the dead and dying
Back in my little town
In my little town
I never meant nothin'
I was just my fathers son
Saving my money
Dreaming of glory
Twitching like a finger
On the trigger of a gun
Leaving nothing but the dead and dying
Back in my little town
Repeat and fade:
Nothing but the dead and dying
Back in my little town
3.I Do It For Your Love
Words:paul simon
Music: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 love
The rooms were musty
And the pipes were old
All that winter we shared a cold
Drank all the orange juice
That we could hold
I do it for your love
Found a rug
In an old junk shop
And i brought it home to you
Along the way the colors ran
The orange bled the blue
The sting of reason
The splash of tears
The northern and the southern
Hemisphere
Love emerges and it disappears
I do it for your love
I do it for your love
4.50 Ways To Leave Your Lover
Words:paul simon
Music:paul simon
'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 fifty ways to leave your lover
She said it's really not my habit to intrude
Furthermore, i hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
But i'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover
Just slip out the back, jack
Make a new plan, stan
You don't need to be coy, roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, lee
And get yourself free
Just slip out the back, jack
Make a new plan, stan
You don't need to be coy, roy
Just listen to me <-----------
Hop on the bus, gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, lee
And get yourself free
She said it grieves me so to see you in such pain
I wish there was something i could do to make you smile again
I said i appreciate that and would you please explain
About the fifty ways
She said why don't we both just sleep on it tonight
And i believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light
And then she kissed me and i realized she probably was right
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover
Just slip out the back, jack
Make a new plan, stan
You don't need to be coy, roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, lee
And get yourself free
You just slip out the back, jack
Make a new plan, stan
You don't need to be coy, roy
Just listen to me <------------
Hop on the bus, gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, lee
And get yourself free
5.Night Game
Words:paul simon
Music:paul simon
There were two men down
And the score was tied
In the bottom of the eighth
When the pitcher died
And they laid his spikes
On the pitcher's mound
And his uni-form was torn
And his number was left on the ground
Then the night turned cold
Colder than the moon
The stars were white as bones
The stadium was old
Older than the screams
Older than the teams
There were three men down
And the season lost
And the tarpaulin was rolled
Upon the winter frost
6.Gone At Last
Words:paul simon
Music:paul simon
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 truck stop
I was thinking about my past
I've had a long streak of bad luck
But i'm praying it's gone at last
Gone, gone at last, gone at last
Gone at last, gone at last
I had a long streak of that bad luck
But i'm prayin' it's gone at last
00, oo, oo, oo, oo
I ain't dumb
I kicked around some
I don't fall too easily
But that boy looked so dejected
He just grabbed my sympathy
Sweet little soul now, what's your problem?
Tell me why you're so downcast
I've had a long streak of bad luck
But i'm praying it's gone at last
Gone, gone at last, gone at last
Gone at last, gone at last
I had a long streak of that bad luck
But i'm prayin' it's gone at last
00, oo, oo, oo, oo
Once in a while from out of nowhere
When you don't expect it, and you're unprepared
Somebody will come and lift you higher
And your burdens will be shared
Yes i do believe, if i hadn't met you
I might still be sinking fast
I've had a long streak of bad luck
But i'm praying it's gone at last
Gone, gone, gone at last
Gone at last, gone at last
I had a long streak of that bad luck
But i'm prayin' it's gone at last
Gone, gone, gone gone gone gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
I had a long streak of that bad luck
But i'm prayin' it's gone at last
7.Some Folks Lives Roll Easy
Words:paul simon
Music:paul simon
Some folks' lives roll easy as a breeze
Drifting through a summer night
Heading for a sunny day
But most folks' lives, oh they stumble
Lord they fall
Through no fault of their own
Most folks never catch their stars
And here i am, lord
I'm knocking at your place of business
I know i ain't got no business here
But you said if i ever got so low
I was busted,
You could be trusted
Some folks' lives roll easy
Some folks' lives
Never roll at all
Oh, they just fall
They just fall
Some folks' lives
8.Have A Good Time
Words:paul simon
Music:paul simon
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 and loving
I'm exhausted from loving so well
I should go to bed
But a voice in my head
Says 'ah, what the hell'
Have a good time
Have a good time
Have a good time
Have a good time
Paranoia strikes deep in the heartland
But i think it's all overdone
Exaggerating this and exaggerating that
They don't have no fun
I don't believe what i read in the papers
They're just out to capture my dime
I ain't worrying
And i ain't scurrying;
I'm having a good time
Have a good time
Have a good time
Have a good time
Have a good time
Maybe i'm laughing my way to disaster
Maybe my race has been run
Maybe i'm blind to the fate of mankind
But what can be done?
So god bless the goods we was given
And god bless the u. s. of a.
And god bless our standard of livin'
Let's keep it that way
And we'll all have a good time
Repeat and fade:
Have a good time
Have a good time
Have a good time
Have a good time
9.You're Kind
Words:paul simon
Music:paul simon
You're kind
You're so kind
You rescued me when i was blind
And you put me on your pillow
When i was on the wall
You're kind, so kind, so kind
And you're good
You're so good
You introduced me to your neighborhood
Seems like i ain't never had
So many friends before
That's because you're good
You're so good
Why you don't treat me like
The other humans do
Is just a mystery to me
It gets me agitated when i think that
You're gonna love me now indefinitely
So goodbye, goodbye
I'm gonna leave you now
And here's the reason why
I like to sleep with the window open
And you keep the window closed
So goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Doot doot doot doot doot
Oh, oh, doo doo doo doo doo doo doo
10.Silent Eyes
Words:paul simon
Music:paul simon
Silent eyes
Watching jerusalem
Make her bed of stones
Silent eyes
No one will comfort her
Jerusalem
Weeps alone
She is sorrow, sorrow
She burns like a flame
And she calls my name
Silent eyes
Burning in the desert sun
Halfway to jerusalem
And we shall all be called as witnesses
Each and ev'ryone
To stand before the eyes of god
And speak what was done
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