Genius Lyrics
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
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This track about the inability of people to communicate emotionally, was thought by many to be a response to the Kennedy assassination as it was written during the same time and
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Simon & Garfunkel – Scarborough Fair/Canticle
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“Scarborough Fair” is a traditional English folk ballad, detailing a list of tasks the speaker gives to his former lover to earn back his love, which are impossible to achieve (
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Simon & Garfunkel (Ft. Los Incas) – El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
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While touring in Paris, Paul Simon heard the Peruvian ensemble Los Incas play “El Cóndor Pasa” (“The condor goes by”, or “flies past”; a song from the 1913 zarzuela (musical play
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Simon & Garfunkel – I Am a Rock
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Closing the album is “I Am a Rock”. Lyrically, it continues the theme of isolation; the narrator has distanced himself from others after having been hurt by love, rejecting
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Simon & Garfunkel – Blessed
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Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit / Blessed is the lamb whose blood flows / Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on / O Lord, why have you forsaken me? / I got no
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Simon & Garfunkel – Patterns
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“Patterns” was written by Paul Simon and originally included on his 1965 album The Paul Simon Songbook.
The lyrics are about how life is a complex pattern that is difficult to
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Simon & Garfunkel – Homeward Bound
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Once the recording of Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. had been completed, Paul Simon travelled to England to explore the London folk scene. While there, he met Kathy Chitty (the same
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Simon & Garfunkel – April Come She Will
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In Simon’s own words:
When I was living in England, about three years ago, four years ago, I worked in a club in a town called Swindon. It’s about 100 miles north of London. I
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Dangling Conversation
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“The Dangling Conversation” is a song written by Paul Simon, first released in September 1966 as a Simon and Garfunkel single “The Dangling Conversation”/“The Big Bright Green
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Simon & Garfunkel – Baby Driver
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An incredibly out-of-character song by Paul Simon. Departing from his typically mellow, story-based love songs, Baby Driver is a plainly-worded song about having sex with an
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Simon & Garfunkel – Kathy's Song
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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
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bleecker Street
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After establishing their folk cred by performing popular covers on the first two tracks of “Wednesday Morning, 3AM”, Paul and Artie unveil their first original song, “Bleecker
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Simon & Garfunkel – For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
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“For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her” is a song written by Paul Simon. It is the tenth track on Simon & Garfunkel’s 1966 album by Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, where it is sung
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Simon & Garfunkel – Sparrow
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“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.
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Simon & Garfunkel – Fakin' It
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“Fakin' It” was one of Simon’s and Garfunkel’s single releases in 1967. Its B-side was “You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies,” the duo’s only non-LP track which made its album
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Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends
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[Verse 1: Paul Simon] / Old friends / Old friends / Sat on their park bench like bookends / A newspaper blown through the grass / Falls on the round toes of the high shoes / Of the
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Simon & Garfunkel – Cloudy
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“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
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Simon & Garfunkel – Overs
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[Verse 1: Paul Simon] / Why don't we stop fooling ourselves? / The game is over, over, over / No good times, no bad times / There's no times at all / Just The New York Times
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Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson
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During the filming of the 1967 film The Graduate, director Mike Nichols, who had become a fan of Simon & Garfunkel’s work, asked for permission to use their music in the soundtrack
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
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“Bridge over Troubled Water” is the titular song of Simon & Garfunkel’s album of the same name. The single was released on January 26, 1970, though it also appears on the live
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Simon & Garfunkel – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
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[Verse 1] / I can hear the soft breathing of the girl that I love / As she lies here beside me, asleep with the night / And her hair, in a fine mist, floats on my pillow
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Simon & Garfunkel – Keep the Customer Satisfied
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“Keep the Customer Satisfied” by Paul Simon appears on the 1970 Simon and Garfunkel album, Bridge Over Troubled Water. This may be the only Rockabilly numbers they ever recorded
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Simon & Garfunkel – So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
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“So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright” is a song written by Paul Simon that was originally released on Simon & Garfunkel’s 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water. It has since been released
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Simon & Garfunkel – Feuilles-O
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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
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Simon & Garfunkel – 7 O'Clock News/Silent Night
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“7 O'Clock News/Silent Night” is the twelfth and final track on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, a 1966 album by Simon and Garfunkel. The track consists of an overdubbing of two
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Simon & Garfunkel – America
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“America”, written by Paul Simon, is a song recorded by Simon & Garfunkel. It was included in their album Bookends, released on 3 April 1968, and is notable as one of the few rock
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Simon & Garfunkel – Peggy-O
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[Verse 1] / As we marched down to Fennario / As we marched down to Fennario / Our captain fell in love / With a lady like a dove / And they called her name pretty Peggy-O / [Verse
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Simon & Garfunkel – A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)
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“A Simple Desultory Phillipic” is a parody of Bob Dylan, Paul Simon’s main competitor at the time.
Simon imitates his musical style (mixing electric and acoustic guitars backed by
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Simon & Garfunkel – At the Zoo
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“At the Zoo” tells the story of a trip to NYC’s Central Park Zoo, where the narrator characterizes the animals in playful ways. The song was meant to be included in The Graduate
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Simon & Garfunkel – A Poem on the Underground Wall
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This song concerns an artistically-minded vandal on the London Underground – his graffiti being referred to as a “poem.”
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
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“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
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Simon & Garfunkel – Kodachrome/Maybellene
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When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school / It's a wonder I can think at all / And though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none / I can read the writing on the
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Simon & Garfunkel – A Heart in New York
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New York / To that tall skyline I come / Flyin' in from London / To your door / New York / Lookin' down on Central Park / Where they say you should not wander after dark / New York
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Only Living Boy in New York
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This is a fairly opaque message from Paul Simon to Art Garfunkel, detailing his loneliness when Garfunkel went to Mexico to act in the film Catch-22.
Peter Ames Carlin writes in
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer
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“The Boxer” is considered one of Paul Simon’s masterpieces, telling the story of a young boy who laments his poverty and then turning to that of a boxer.
It was first suggested
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Simon & Garfunkel – A Hazy Shade of Winter
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“A Hazy Shade of Winter” is a song written by Paul Simon, recorded and released by Simon & Garfunkel in 1966, and then included on their 1968 album, Bookends (although it also
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Sun is Burning
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[Verse 1] / The sun is burning in the sky / Strands of clouds go slowly drifting by / In the park the lazy bees / Are joining in the flowers, among the trees / And the sun burns in
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Simon & Garfunkel – Benedictus
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“Benedictus” was arranged and adapted from two-part acapella motet by Orlande de Lassus.
The vocals are accompanied by cello and a sparse guitar accompaniment.
Art Garfunkel
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Simon & Garfunkel – Flowers Never Bend with The Rainfall
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[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
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Simon & Garfunkel – Punky's Dilemma
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[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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