As quoted in "Paul Simon's Workshop at the Guitar Study Center" by Richard Albero and Fred Styles in Guitar Player (April 1975), p. 21
Kontext: I didn't want to repeat the same notes in the second verse that I used in the first, so I wrote out all the notes of the song and all the notes that were missing in the scale, given that there are twelve notes from octave to octave. All those notes that weren't in the scale were the ones I wanted in for the next verse. The listener isn't aware that they are new notes, but the sound is pleasing to the ear. I change the key, and somehow it's fresh because you haven't heard those notes before.
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Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
Song lyrics, Paul Simon (1972)
Kontext: I'm on my way, I don't know where I'm goin',
I'm on my way, I'm takin' my time, but I don't know where.
Goodbye to Rosie, the Queen of Corona
See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard.
“These are the days of miracle and wonder,
This is the long distance call”
The Boy In The Bubble
Song lyrics, Graceland (1986)
Kontext: 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 us all,
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.
“We don't mean to mess things up,
But mess them up we do.”
Everything About It Is a Love Song
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
Kontext: We don't mean to mess things up,
But mess them up we do.
And then it's "Oh, I'm sorry."
Here's a smiling photograph
Of love when it was new.
At a birthday party.
Make a wish and close your eyes:
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
“I want to rid my heart of envy
And cleanse my soul of rage
Before I'm through.”
Wartime Prayers
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
Kontext: Because you cannot walk with the holy,
If you're just a halfway decent man.
But I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind
With a genius marketing plan.I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
Even a little drop would do.
I want to rid my heart of envy
And cleanse my soul of rage
Before I'm through.
“I want a shot at redemption
Don’t want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard.”
You Can Call Me Al
Song lyrics, Graceland (1986)
Kontext: A man walks down the street
He says why am I soft in the middle now
Why am I soft in the middle
The rest of my life is so hard
I need a photo opportunity
I want a shot at redemption
Don’t want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard.
“And sometimes even music
Cannot substitute for tears.”
The Cool, Cool River
Song lyrics, The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
“I am a rock.
I am an island.
And a rock feels no pain.
And an island never cries.”
I Am a Rock
Song lyrics, Sounds of Silence (1966)
Quelle: Lyrics 1964-2008
Kontext: I am shielded in my armor
Hiding in my room safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock.
I am an island.
And a rock feels no pain.
And an island never cries.
“Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again”
The Sound of Silence Full lyrics online http://www.paul-simon.info/HTML/U-SOS.html <br class="br">Song lyrics, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (1964) <br class="br">Kontext: Hello darkness, my old friend<br>I've come to talk with you again<br>Because a vision softly creeping<br>Left its seeds while I was sleeping<br>And the vision that was planted in my brain<br>Still remains<br>Within the sound of silence.
“All I've got to do today is smile.”
Variante: I've got nothing to do today but smile.
“We note our place with bookmarkers
That measure what we've lost.”
Quelle: Simon and Garfunkel's Greatest Hits
Something So Right
Song lyrics, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973)
I Know What I Know
Song lyrics, Graceland (1986)
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Song lyrics, Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
“In my little town
I grew up believing
God keeps his eye on us all.”
My Little Town, written with Simon Garfunkle
Song lyrics, Still Crazy After All These Years (1975)
Everything About It Is a Love Song
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
You Can Call Me Al
Song lyrics, Graceland (1986)
The Cool, Cool River
Song lyrics, The Rhythm of the Saints (1990)
Graceland
Song lyrics, Graceland (1986)
Outrageous
Song lyrics, Surprise (2006)
“There were incidents and accidents
There were hints and allegations…”
You Can Call Me Al
Song lyrics, Graceland (1986)
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