Genius Lyrics
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Paul Simon – Graceland
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Watch Emory professor Walt Reed deliver his own 17-minute exegesis of “Graceland”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqQ_umy1lYQ
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Big Daddy – Graceland
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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, Graceland
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Willie Nelson – Graceland
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[Verse 1] / The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar / I am following the river down the highway through the cradle of the Civil War / [Chorus] / I'm going to
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Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
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The lead single off of Paul Simon’s album Graceland, “You Can Call Me Al” was a hit in the UK in September 1986. In the US, the song originally found only moderate success, peaking
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Paul Simon – The Boy in the Bubble
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Paul Simon (Ft. Boyoyo Boys) – Gumboots
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On track 4 of Paul Simon’s Graceland we are treated to three scenes where the main character finds himself socializing with three people and not making a good impression on himself
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Dan Bern – Graceland
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[Intro] / Mississippi Delta shining like a National guitar / Paul Simon wrote that song about Graceland while driving in his car / Marc Cohn wrote that other one / It was a big hit
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Paul Simon (Ft. Stimena) – Crazy Love, Vol. II
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[Verse 1] / Fat Charlie the Archangel sloped into the room / He said, "I have no opinion about this / And I have no opinion about that" / Sad as a lonely little wrinkled balloon
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Paul Simon (Ft. Los Lobos) – All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints
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[Verse 1] / Over the mountain, down in the valley / Lives a former talk-show host / Everybody knows his name / He said, "There's no doubt about it / It was the myth of fingerprints
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Paul Simon – The Story Of "Graceland" (As Told By Paul Simon)
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["Graceland" plays] / The "Graceland" story is a very interesting story in that it's a very good example of how a collaboration works, even when you're not aware of it occurring
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Paul Simon – Graceland Samples
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See all of “Graceland” by Paul Simon’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Paul Simon (Ft. Joseph Shabalala) – Homeless
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Emaweni webaba / Silale maweni / Webaba silale maweni / Webaba silale maweni / Webaba silale maweni / Webaba silale maweni / Webaba silale maweni / Webaba silale maweni / Webaba
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Paul Simon (Ft. Ladysmith Black Mambazo) – Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
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Track 5 of Graceland features some great, inventive bass guitar work, brass, steady percussion and, of course, Ladysmith Black Mambazo providing fantastic background vocals to
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The Tallest Man On Earth – Graceland
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[Verse 1] / The Mississippi Delta / Was shining like a national guitar / I am following the river down the highway / Through the cradle of the civil war / [Chorus] / I'm going to
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Paul Simon – Graceland Covers
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See all of “Graceland” by Paul Simon’s covers
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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Graceland
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The Mississippi Delta was shining like a National guitar / And I am following the river / Down the highway / Through the cradle of the civil war / I'm going to Graceland / In
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Paul Simon (Ft. Linda Ronstadt) – Under African Skies
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In track 7 of Graceland, Paul Simon uses a galloping 4/4 time signature to tell the tale of two musicians and how their earliest memories shaped themselves into the music they
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Paul Simon (Ft. The Gaza Sisters & General MD Shirinda) – I Know What I Know
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Inspired by a South African song that describes how “the women take care of themselves,” in “I Know What I Know” Simon describes his interactions with an attractive woman at a New
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Paul Simon (Ft. Good Rockin' Dopsie And The Twisters) – That Was Your Mother
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[Verse 1] / A long time ago, yeah, before you was born, dude / When I was still single and life was great / I held this job as a traveling salesman / That kept me moving from state
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Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al Samples
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See all of “You Can Call Me Al” by Paul Simon’s samples
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Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al Covers
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See all of “You Can Call Me Al” by Paul Simon’s covers
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