Paul Simon

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

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

You 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

(ooh)
slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
you 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

You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
(ooh)
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don't need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don't need to be coy, Roy
you 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

Bridge over troubled Water

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 bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

When you're down and out,
When you're on the street,
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you.
I'll take your part.
When darkness comes
And pain is all around,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

Sail on silvergirl,
Sail on by.
Your time has come to shine.
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine
If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind.

Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.

Graceland

The Mississippi Delta was shining
Like a National guitar
I am following the river
Down the highway
Through the cradle of the civil war

refr.
I'm going to Graceland, Graceland
In Memphis Tennessee
I'm going to Graceland
Poorboys and Pilgrims with families
And we are going to Graceland
My traveling companion is nine years old
He is the child of my firstmarriage
But I've reason to believe
We both will be received
In Graceland

She comes back to tell me she's gone
As if I didn't know that
As if I didn't know my own bed
As if I'd never noticed
The way she brushed her hair from her forehead
And she said losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody sees the wind blow

refr.
I'm going to Graceland
Memphis Tennessee
I'm going to Graceland
Poorboys and Pilgrims with families
And we are going to Graceland
And my traveling companions
Are ghosts and empty sockets
I'm looking at ghosts and empties
But I've reason to believe
We all will be received
In Graceland

There is a new girl in New York City
Who calls herself the human trampoline
And sometimes when I'm falling, flying
Or tumbling in turmoil I say
Oh, so this is what she means
She means we're bouncing into Graceland
And I see losing love
Is like a window in your heart
Everybody sees you're blown apart
Everybody feels the wind blow

In Graceland, in Graceland
I'm going to Graceland
For reasons I cannot explain
There's some part of me wants to see Graceland
And I may be obliged to defend
Every love, every ending
Or maybe there's no obligations now
Maybe I've a reason to believe
We all will be received
In Graceland

I know what I know

She looked me over
And I guess she thought
I was all right
All right in a sort of a limited way
For an off-night
She said don't I know you
From the cinematographer's party
I said who am I
To blow against the wind

refr.
I know what I know
I'll sing what I said
We come and we go
That's a thing that I keep
In the back of my head
(2x)

She said there's something about you
That really reminds me of money
She is the kind of girl
Who could say things that
Weren't that funny
I said what does that mean
I really remind you of money
She said who am I
To blow against the wind

refr.(2x)

She moved so easily
All I cuold think of was sunlight
I said aren't you the woman
Who was recently given a Fulbright
She said don't I know you
From the cinematographer's party
I said who am I
To blow against the wind

refr.(2x)

Kodachrome

When I think back on all the crap I learned at high school,
it's a wonder I can think at all.
And though my lack of education has'nt hurt me none,
I can read the writing on the wall.

Kodachrome
They give those nice bright colours,
they give those greens of summers,
they make you think that all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera,
I love to take a photograph,
so mamma don't take my kodachrome away.

If you took all the girls I knew when I was single,
and brought them all together for one night,
I know they'd never match my sweet imagination,
and everything looks worse in black and white.

They give those nice bright colours,
they give those greens of summers,
they make you think that all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera,
I love to take a photograph,
so mamma don't take my kodachrome away.

Mamma don't take my kodachrome away.
Don't take my kodachrome away.

Mamma don't take my kodachrome,
mamma don't take my kodachrome,
mamma don't take my kodachrome away.

Mamma don't take my kodachrome,
leave your cars too far from home,
mamma don't take my kodachrome away.

Mamma don't take my kodachrome,
mamma don't take my kodachrome away.

She Loves Me Like A Rock

When I was a little boy
(when I was just a boy)
And the Devil would call my name
(when I was just a boy)
I'd say "now who do ...
(whooooo)
Who do you think you're fooling?"
(when I was just a boy)
I'm a consecrated boy
(when I was just a boy)
Singer in a Sunday choir
My mama loves, she loves me

She gets down on her knees and hugs me
She loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages
And she loves me,
she love' me love' me love' me


When I was grown to be a man
(grown to be a man)
And the Devil would call my name
(grown to be a man)
I'd say "now who do . ..
(whooooo)
Who do you think you're fooling?
(grown to be a man)
I'm a consummated man
(grown to be a man)
I can snatch a little purity
My mama loves me, she loves me

She gets down on her knees and hugs me
She loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages
And she loves me,
she love' me love' me love' me


If I was the President
(was the President)
And the Congress call my name
(was the President)
I'd say "who do ...
(whooooo)
Who do you think you're fooling?
(who do you think you're fooling)
I've got the Presidential Seal
(was the President)
I'm up on the Presidential Podium
My mama loves me, she loves me

She gets down on her knees and hugs me
And she loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages
And she loves me
She love' me, love' me, love' me, love' me

By Huggs!

Slip Slidin' Away

Slip Slidin' Away
Slip Slidin'Away
You know the nearer destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

I know a man
He came from my hometown
He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown
He said "Delores, I live in fear,
My love for you so overpowering I'm afraid that I will dissappear."

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

And I know a woman
Became a wife
These are the very words she uses to describe her life
She said "A good day ain't got no rain"
She said "A bad day is when I lie in bed and think of things that might have been"

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

And I know a father who had a son
He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he'd done
He came a long way just to explain
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping, then he turned around and headed home again

He slip slidin'
Slip sliding away
You know the nearer destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

And God only knows
And God makes his plan
The information's unavailable to the mortal man
We're workin' our jobs
Collect our pay
Believe were gliding down the highway
When if fact we're slip slidin' away

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer destination
The more you're slip slidin' away

(By Huggs)

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

refr.
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry baby, don't cry, don't cry

It was a dry wind
And it swept across the desert
And it curled into the circle of birth
And the dead sand
Falling on the children
The mothers and the fathers
And the automatic earth

refr.

It's a turn-around jump shot
It's everybody jump start
It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts
Medicine is magical and magical is art
The Boy in the Bubble
And the baby with the baboon heart

And I believe
These are the days of lasers in the jungle
Lasers in the jungle somewhere
Staccato signals of constant information
A loose affiliation of millionaires
And billionaires and baby

refr.