Cover art for Red Rubber Ball (Live) by Simon & Garfunkel

Red Rubber Ball (Live)

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Red Rubber Ball (Live) Lyrics

I should have known you'd bid me farewell
There’s a lesson to be learned from this
And I learned it very well

Now I know you're not
The only starfish in the sea
If I never hear your name again
It's all the same to me

And I think it’s gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining like a Red Rubber Ball

You never cared for secrets I'd confide
For you I'm just an ornament
Something for your pride

Always running, never caring
That's the life you live
Stolen minutes of your time
Were all you had to give

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining like a Red Rubber Ball
The story's in the past with nothing to recall
I've got my life to live and I
Don't need you at all

The roller coaster ride we took is
Nearly at an end
I bought my ticket with my tears
That’s all I’m gonna spend

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining like a Red Rubber Ball

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Recorded At
Lincoln Center, Manhattan, New York, January 22, 1967
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