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Artist: Simon & Garfunkel
Suggested Track: The Sound of Silence

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The Sounds Of Silence

Performer:Simon & Garfunkel
Composer :Paul Simon
Lyricist :Paul Simon

Hello darkness my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while i was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains within the sound of silence

In restless dreams i walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light i saw
Ten thousand people may be more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never shared
No one dared disturb the sound of silence

Fools said i "you do not know
Silence is like a cancer grows
Hear my words that i might teach you
Take my arms that i might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said
"the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence"
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Simon & Garfunkel
Originally inspired by the Everly Brothers, Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel met at grade school in Forest Hills, Queens during a production of Alice In Wonderland and began releasing
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Simon & Garfunkel Lyrics
Simon & Garfunkel lyrics - 111 song lyrics sorted by album, including "The Sound Of Silence", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "The Boxer".
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
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Simon & Garfunkel – I Am a Rock
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Simon & Garfunkel – Patterns
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Simon & Garfunkel – Homeward Bound
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Simon & Garfunkel – April Come She Will
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Dangling Conversation
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Simon & Garfunkel – Baby Driver
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Simon & Garfunkel – Kathy's Song
The song is named after Kathleen Chitty, Paul Simon’s girlfriend at the time. Simon also refers to her in “America” and (indirectly) “The Late Great Johnny Ace”, and a photo of the
Simon & Garfunkel – Bleecker Street
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Simon & Garfunkel – For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
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Simon & Garfunkel – Sparrow
“Sparrow” illustrates the plight of those who become forgotten within a rich society. Rejected and overlooked by the rich and the beautiful, the sparrow only finds peace in death.
Simon & Garfunkel – Fakin' It
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Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends
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Simon & Garfunkel – Cloudy
“Cloudy” was jointly written by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley of The Seekers (who later re-recorded it for their 1967 album Seekers Seen in Green). The song is whimsical and
Simon & Garfunkel – Overs
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Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
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Simon & Garfunkel – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
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Simon & Garfunkel – Keep the Customer Satisfied
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Simon & Garfunkel – So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
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Simon & Garfunkel – Feuilles-O
Feuilles oh, sauvez la vie moi, J'ai de la misère oh / Feuilles oh, sauvez la vie moi, J'ai de la misère oh / Pitie moi malade, Je cours à la maison du gangan Similo / Pitie moi
Simon & Garfunkel – 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night
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Simon & Garfunkel – America
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Simon & Garfunkel – Peggy-O
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Simon & Garfunkel – A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)
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Simon & Garfunkel – At the Zoo
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Simon & Garfunkel – A Poem on the Underground Wall
This song concerns an artistically-minded vandal on the London Underground – his graffiti being referred to as a “poem.”
Simon & Garfunkel – The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
“The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine” was written by Simon while he was in London watching his clothes in a washing machine. It takes a cynical view of advertising. The song
Simon & Garfunkel – Kodachrome/Maybellene
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Simon & Garfunkel – A Heart in New York
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer
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Simon & Garfunkel – A Hazy Shade of Winter
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Sun is Burning
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Simon & Garfunkel – Benedictus
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Simon & Garfunkel – Flowers Never Bend with The Rainfall
[Verse 1] / Through the corridors of sleep / Past shadows dark and deep / My mind dances and leaps in confusion / I don't know what is real / I can't touch what I feel / And I hide
Simon & Garfunkel – Punky's Dilemma
[Verse 1] / Wish I was a Kellogg's Cornflake / Floatin' in my bowl, takin' movies / Relaxin' awhile, livin' in style / Talkin' to a raisin who occasionally plays L.A / Casually
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The Graduate by Simon & Garfunkel
One of the iconic movie soundtracks of the 1960s, this album captures the film’s spirit of suburban anomie arguably better than the movie itself. The songs by Simon & Garfunkel are
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Sounds of Silence is the second album by Simon & Garfunkel, released on January 17, 1966. The most famous song from this album is the title track, which itself was a slight remix
The Concert in Central Park by Simon & Garfunkel
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Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. by Simon & Garfunkel
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. is the debut studio album by American folk duo Simon & Garfunkel, released on October 19, 1964, via Columbia Records. Initially, the album was
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Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence Lyrics
Simon & Garfunkel "The Sound Of Silence": Hello, darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Lef...