폴 프레더릭 사이먼은 미국의 싱어송라이터 이다. 1950년대부터 가수활동을 시작, 아트 가펑클(Art Garfunkle)과 함께 공연 활동을 시작했다. '톰과 제리' 라는 이름으로 〈Hey Schoolgirls〉를 발표, 탑 50위에 오르지만 다른 히트곡들은 모두 실패하게 된다.
그 후 사이먼은 영국으로 건너가 학업을 계속해 《Paul Simon Song Book》을 녹음하고, 〈The Sound Of Silence〉의 성공으로 아트 가펑클과 재회하여 사이먼 앤 가펑클(Simon & Garfunkle)이라는 이름으로 여러개의 히트곡들을 내놓았다.
그러나 폴 사이먼은 아트 가펑클과의 듀오 관계에서 음악적 회의를 느끼고 1971년 사이먼 앤 가펑클은 해체되고 만다. 그 후 80년대 뉴욕 센트럴 파크 자선공연을 비롯한 여러 차례 투어를 했지만 결국 이견을 좁히지 못하고 결별하고 말았다. 그 후 폴 사이먼은 솔로로 활동하여 가장 최근의 《Surprise》까지 앨범을 내놓았다.
폴 사이먼은 2002년 미국 케네디센터 공연예술 평생공로상을 워싱턴에서 수상했으며, 사이먼 앤 가펑클의 멤버 자격으로 2003년 봄에 그래미 평생공로상도 수상하게 된다.
그 외에 그는 카트리나로 인한 어린이 펀드에 기부하기도 했으며, 2000년대에도 활발하게 활동하고 있다. 2007년에는 두 번의 콘서트를 가질 예정이라고 한다.
그 밖에 그는 기타치는 것을 제외한 모든 일을 왼손으로 했던 왼손잡이였다고 한다. .... ....
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 It's against the law It was against the law What the mama saw It was against the law
The mama looked down and spit on the ground Everytime my name gets mentioned The papa said oy if I get that boy I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention Well I'm on my way I don't know where I'm going I'm on my way
I'm taking my time But I don't know where Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard Me and Julio down by the schoolyard
In a couple of days they come and take me away But the press let the story leak And when the radical priest Come to get me released We was all on the cover of Newsweek And I'm on my way I don't know where I'm going I'm on my way
I'm taking my time But I don't know where Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard Me and Julio down by the schoolyard
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 It's against the law It was against the law What the mama saw It was against the law
The mama looked down and spit on the ground Everytime my name gets mentioned The papa said oy if I get that boy I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention Well I'm on my way I don't know where I'm going I'm on my way
I'm taking my time But I don't know where Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard Me and Julio down by the schoolyard
In a couple of days they come and take me away But the press let the story leak And when the radical priest Come to get me released We was all on the cover of Newsweek And I'm on my way I don't know where I'm going I'm on my way
I'm taking my time But I don't know where Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard Me and Julio down by the schoolyard
Somewhere in a burst of glory Sound becomes a song I'm bound to tell a story That's where I belong
When I see you smiling When I hear you singing Lavender and roses Every ending a beginning
The way you turn And catch me with your eye Ay ay ay That's where I belong
When I see you smiling When I hear you singing Lavender and roses Every ending a beginning
That's the way it is I don't know why Ay ay ay But that's where I belong
A spiny little island man Plays a jingling banjo He's walking down a dirt road Carrying his radio To a river where the water meets the sky Ay ay ay That's where I belong
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 or me that talks I introduced myself as Frank From New York New York
She's so hot She's so cool I'm not I'm just a fool in love with darling Lorraine
All my life I've been a wanderer Not really, I mostly lived near my parents' home Anyway Lorraine and I got married And the usual marriage stuff Then one day she says to me
From out of the blue Frank, I've had enough Romance is a heartbreaker I'm not meant to be a homemaker And I'm tired of being darling Lorraine
What - you don't love me anymore? What - you're walking out the door? What - you don't like the way I chew? Hey let me tell you
You're not the woman that I wed You say you're depressed but you're not You just like to stay in bed I don't need you darling Lorraine
Darling Lorraine Lorraine I long for your love
Financially speaking I guess I'm a washout Everybody's buy and sell And sell and buy and And that's what the whole thing's all about If it had not been for Lorraine I'd have left here long ago I should have been a musician I love the piano She's so light She's so free I'm tight, well, that's me But I feel so good With darling Lorraine
On Christmas morning frank awakes To find Lorraine has made a stack of pancakes They watch the television, husband and wife All afternoon "it's a wonderful life
What - you don't love me anymore? What - you're walking out the door? What - you don't like the way I chew? Hey let me tell you You're not the woman that I wed Gimme my robe I'm going back to bed I'm sick to death of you Lorraine
Darling Lorraine Lorraine Her hands like wood The doctor was smiling But the news wasn't good Darling Lorraine Please don't leave me yet I know you're in pain Pain you can't forget Your breathing is like an echo of our love Maybe I'll go down to the corner store And buy us something sweet Here's an extra blanket honey To wrap around your feet
All the trees were washed with April rain And the moon in the meadow Took darling Lorraine
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 Buddy Holly still goes on but his catalog was sold
First time i smoked guess what - paranoid First time I heard "Satisfaction" I was young and unemployed Down the decades every year Summer leaves and my birthday's here And all my friends stand up and cheer And say man you're old Getting old Old Getting old
We celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas day And Buddah found Nirvana along the Lotus Way About 1,500 years ago the messenger Mohammed spoke And his wisdome like a river flowed Through hills of gold Wisdome is old The Koran is old The Bible's Greatest story ever told
Disagreements? Work 'em out
The human race walked the Eart for 2.7 million And we estimate the universe at 13-14 billion When all these numbers tumble into your imagination Consider that the Lord was there beefore creation God is old We're not old God is old He made the mold
May twelve angels guard you While you sleep Maybe that’s a waste of angels I don’t know I’d do anything to keep you safe From the danger that surrounds us
Little by little Bit by bit Little bit by little bit Now you got it that’s it What’re you thinking Things’ll go sour? Check its temperature every hour Nervous when you own it Nervous when it’s gone What do you think has been going on For so long?
You are the air Inside my chest
You’re the one You broke my heart You made me cry You’re the one You broke my heart You made me cry You’re the one You broke my heart You made me cry You’re the one
But when I hear it from the other side It’s a completely different song I’m the one who made you cry And I’m the one who’s wrong In my dream you spoke to me And you said
You’re the one You broke my heart You made me cry You’re the one You broke my heart You made me cry You’re the one You broke my heart You made me cry You’re the one
Nature gives us shapeless shapes Clouds and waves and flame But human expectation Is that love remains the same And when it doesn’t We point our fingers And blame blame blame
You’re the one You broke my heart You made me cry And I’m the one I broke your heart I made you cry And you’re the one You broke my heart You made me cry We’re the ones
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 goods and follow me Or you will surely die
Verse:
I was only a child of the city My parents were children of immigrant stock So we followed as followers go Over a mountain with a napkin of snow And ate the berries and roots That grow along the timberline Deeper and deeper the dreamer of love sleeps on a quilt of stars
Bridge: It's cold Sometimes you can't catch your breath It's cold
Verse: Time and abundance thickened his step So the teacher divided in two One half ate the forests and fields The other half sucked all the moisture from the clouds And we, we were amazed at the power of his appetite Deeper and deeper the dreamer of love sleeps on a quilt of stars
Verse: Sometimes we don't know who we are Sometimes force overpowers us and we cry My teacher carry me home
Carry me home my teacher Carry me home Carry me home my teacher Carry me home
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 Gimme a hug, gimme a kiss Then hey, hey, off to school we go You might learn something Yeah you never know
Look at that Look at this Lovers merge and make a wish They close their eves and now their dreams are legal Over the mountain the eagle flies Through clouds of fire Swoop and glide You can't believe it, You can't decide
Ask somebody to love you Takes a lot of nerve Ask somebody to love you You got a lot of nerve Ask somebody to love you Takes a lot of nerve Ask somebody to love you Ma ma ma ma Ma ma ma ma Da da da da Da da da da La la la la La la la la Oom bop a doom
Look at that Look at this This is near enough to bliss Then over the top we go and down Down to the bottom If you're looking for worries You got 'em
Ask somebody to love you You got a lot of nerve Ask somebody to love you Takes a lot of nerve Tih tih tih tih Tih tih tih tih Gur gur gur gur Gur gur gur gur Lih lih lih lih Lih lih lih lih Oom sop a doom
Come awake, come alive Common sense we survive Then hey, hey, down the road we go You might learn something Yeah you never know But anyway you've got to go
I have a wisdom tooth Inside my crowed face I have a friend who is born again Found his savior's grace I was born before my father And my children before me We are born and born again Like the waves in the sea That's the way it's always been And that's how I want it to be
Nothing but good news There is a frog in South America Whose venom is a cure For all the suffering that mankind Must endure More powerful than morphine And soothing as the rain A frog in South America Has the antidote to pain That's the way it's always been And that's the way I like it
Some people never say no Some people never complain Some folks have no idea And others will never explain That's the way it's always been And that's the way I like it And that's how I want it to be That's the way it's always been And that's the way I like it And that's how I want it to be
If I could play all the memories In the neck of my guitar I'd write a song called "Se?orita with a necklace of tears" And every tear a sin I'd committed Oh these many years That's who I was That's the way it's always been
Some people always want more Some people are what they lack Some folks open a door Walk away and never look back I don't want to be a judge And I don't want to be a jury I know who I am Lord knows who I will be That's the way it's always been And that's the way I like it And that's how I want it to be That's the way it's always been And that's the way I like it And that's how I want it to be
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 its touch And all the while it's free as air Like plants the medicine is everywhere
Love Love Love
We crave it so badly Makes you want to laugh out loud when you receive it And gobble it like candy
We think it's easy Sometimes it's easy But it's not easy You're going to break down and cry We're not important We should be grateful And if you're wondering why
Love Love Love
The price that we pay When evil walks the planet And love is crushed like clay The master races, the chosen peoples The burning temples, the weeping cathedrals
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 gonna argue with him He's a half-a-ton of pig meat
Up in the hills above the farm Lives a pack of wolves Never did no harm Sleep all day Hunt till four Maybe catch a couple of rodents You know carnivore
Sheep in the meadow Nibbling on some clover One of the sheep wanders over Sits by a rock Separated from the flock He's just sitting by a rock
Where'd he go? Don't know Well he was here a minute ago I don't know Sheep's dead Got a gash as big as a wolf's head Oh god Big and fat Pig's supposed to look like that Wallowing in lanolin He's rubbing it into his pigskin Police going crazy Let's get him Let's get that wolf Let's get him Let's get that wolf Let's get him Let's kill him, let's get him Let's kill him
Court-appointed lawyer wasn't very bright Oh maybe he was bright Maybe he just had a late night Yeah it was just a late night And he files some feeble appeal And the governor says forget it It's a done deal Election, i don't care, election Let's give that wolf a lethal iniection Let's get him, yeah get him, Let's kill him, let's get him Let's kill him, let's get him, kill him Let's get him and kill him
Whew, slow Here comes the media Setting up their camera Asking everyone's opinion
About pigs, sheep and wolves
Big and fat Pig's supposed to laugh like that This is hilarious What a great time I'm the pig who committed The perfect crime
All around the world France, Scandinavia There's candle light vigils Protesting this behavior It s animal behavior Animal behavior Its pigs, sheep and wolves Pigs, sheep and wolves Pigs, sheep and wolves It's animal behavior It's pigs, sheep and wolves
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 how we all ascended From the deep green sea When it's not too hot Not too cold Not too meek Not too bold When it's just right and you have sunlight Then we're home, Finally home Home in the land of the homeless Finally home
Oh what are we going to do I never did a thing to you Time peaceful as a hurricane eve Peaceful as a hurricane eye
A history of whispers A shadow of a horse Faces painted black in sorrow and remorse White cloud, black crow Crucifix and arrow The oldest silence speaks the loudest Under the deep green sea
When speech becomes a crime Silence leads the spirit Over the bridge of time
Over the bridge of time I'm walking with my family And the road begins to climb And it's oh lord how we going to pray With crazy angel voices All night Until it's a new day
Peaceful as a hurricane Peaceful as a hurricane Peaceful as a hurricane eye Peaceful as a hurricane Peaceful as a hurricane Peaceful as a hurricane eye Peaceful as a hurricane eye
You want to be a leader? You want to change the game? Turn your back on money Walk away from fame You want to be a missionary? Got that missionary zeal? Let a stranger change your life How does it make you feel? You want to be a writer But you don't know how or when Find a quiet place Use a humble pen
You want to talk talk talk about it All night squawk about The ocean and the atmosphere Well i've been away for a long time And it looks like a mess around here I'll be away for a long time So here's how the story goes There was an old woman Who lived in a shoe She was baking a cinnamon pie She fell asleep in a washing machine Woke up in a hurricane eye
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 Of peace without illusions When the perfect circle Marries all beginnings and conclusions
And when they say That you're not good enough Well the answer is You're hot But who are they Or what is it That eats at what you've got With the hunger of ambition For the change inside the purse They are handcuffs on the soul, my friends Handcuffs on the soul And worse
I am heading for a place of quiet Where the sage and sweetgrass grow By a lake of sacred water From the mountain's melted snow
No I would not give you false hope On this strange and mournful day But the mother and child reunion Is only a motion away, oh, little darling of mine.
I can't for the life of me Remember a sadder day I know they say let it be But it just don't work out that way And the course of a lifetime runs Over and over again
No I would not give you false hope On this strange and mournful day But the mother and child reunion Is only a motion away, oh, little darling of mine.
I just can t believe it's so Though it seems strange to say I never been laid so low In such a mysterious way And the course of a lifetime runs Over and over again
But I would not give you false hope On this strange and mournful day When the mother and child reunion Is only a motion away
Oh the mother and child reunion Is only a motion away Oh the mother and child reunion Is only a moment away
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 Duncan is my name and here's my song, here's my song
My father was a fisherman my mama was a fisherman's friend and I was born in the boredom and the chowder So when I reached my prime I left my home in the maritimes headed down the turnpike for New England. sweet New England
Holes in my confidence holes in the knees of my jeans It's left without a penny in my pocket Oo-o wee I's about as destituted as a kid could be And I wish I wore a ring so I could hock it I'd like to hock it
A young girl in a parking lot was preaching to a crowd singin sacred songs and reading form the bible Well I told her I was lost and she told me all about the Pentecost And I seen that girl as the road to my survi-ival
Just later on the very same night when I crept to her tent with a flashlight and my long years of innocence ended Well she took me to the woods sayin' "Here comes somethin' and it feels so good!" And just like a dog I was befriended I was befriended
Oh, oh, what a night Oh what a garden of delight Even now that sweet memory lingers I was playin' my guiter lying underneath the stars just thankin' the lord for my fingers for my fingers
Paraphernalia Never hides your broken bones And I don't know why You want to try It's plain to see you're on your own Oh, I ain't blind, no Some folks are crazy Others walk that borderline Watch what you're doing
Taking downs to get off to sleep And ups to start you on your way After a while they'll change your style I see it happening every day Oh spare your heart Everything put together Sooner or later falls apart There's nothing to it, nothing to it And you can cry You can lie For all the good it'll do you You can die But when it's done And the police come, and they lay you down for dead Just remember what I said
Went to my doctor yesterday She said I seem to be O.K. She said "Paul, you better look around How long you think that you can Run that body down? How many nights you think that you can Do what you been doin' Who you foolin?"
I came back home and I went to bed I was resting my head My wife came in and she said "What's wrong, sweet boy, what's wrong" Ah, I told her what's wrong I said "Peg, you better look around How long you think that you can Run that body down? How many nights you think that you can Do what you Deen doin' Now, who you foolin?"
Kid, you better look around How long you think that you can Run that body down? How many nights you think that you can Do what you been doin' Who you foolin?"
On Armistice Day The Philharmonic will play But the songs that we sing Will be sad Shufflin brown tunes Hanging around
No long drawn blown out excuses Were made When I needed a friend she was there Just like an easy chair
Armistice Day Armistice Day That's all I really wanted to say
Oh I'm weary from waiting In Washington D.C. I'm coming to see my Congressman But he's avoiding me Weary from waiting down in Washington D.C.
Oh Congresswoman Won't you tell that Congressman I've waited such a long time I've about waited all I can Oh Congresswoman Won't you tell that Congressman
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 It's against the law It was against the law What the mama saw It was against the law
The mama looked down and spit on the ground Everytime my name gets mentioned The papa said oy if I get that boy I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention Well I'm on my way I don't know where I'm going I'm on my way I'm taking my time But I done know where Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard Me and Julio down by the schoolyard
In a couple of days they come and Take me away But the press let the story leak And when the radical priest Come to get me released We was all on the cover of Newsweek And I'm on my way I don't know where I'm going I'm on my way I'm taking my time But I don't know where Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard See you, me and Julio Down by the schoolyard
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 plague Nobody knew from time to time If the plans were changed If the plans were changed.
You can beat us with wires You can beat us with chains You can run out your rules But you know you cans outrun the history train I've seen a glorious day.
Four in the morning I woke up from out of my dreams Nowhere to go but back to sleep But I'm reconciled Oh, oh, oh, I'm going to be up for a while
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