 Genius Meanings
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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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Paul Simon – Duncan
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[Verse 1] / Couple in the next room bound to win a prize / They've been going at it all night long / Well, I'm trying to get some sleep / But these motel walls are cheap / Lincoln
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Simon & Garfunkel – Hey, Schoolgirl/Black Slacks (Live)
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Ooh-bop-a-loo-cha-bop, you're mine / Woo-bop-a-loo-cha-bop, you're mine / Hey, Schoolgirl in the second row / Teacher's lookin' over so I gotta whisper way down low / I say, woo-
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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 – 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 – Cecilia
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“Cecilia” is a song written by Paul Simon. It was first recorded by Simon and Garfunkel for their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water. When released as a single, it reached #4 in
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Simon & Garfunkel – Red Rubber Ball (Live)
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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
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Simon & Garfunkel – Star Carol
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Long years ago, on a deep winter night / High in the heavens, a star shone bright / While in the manger, a wee baby lay / Sweetly asleep, on a bed of hay / Jesus our lord, was that
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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 – Anji (Live)
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[Instrumental]
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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 – 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 – Comfort and Joy
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God rest ye merry gentlemen / Let nothing you dismay / Remember Christ our savior / Was born on Christmas Day / To save us all from Satan's power / When we we're gone astray / Oh
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bye, Bye Love (Live)
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Bye bye love / Bye bye happiness / Hello loneliness / I think I'm gonna cry / Bye bye love / Bye bye sweet caress / Hello emptiness / I feel like I could die / Bye bye love
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Simon & Garfunkel – My Little Town
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“My Little Town” was written by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It appeared as the second song on Simon’s solo album “Still Crazy After All These Years” and as the sixth song on
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Daniel Alomía Robles – El Cóndor Pasa
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[Letra de "El Cóndor Pasa"] / El cóndor de los andes despertó / Con la luz, de un feliz, amanecer / Hmmmmmm... / Sus alas lentamente despego, y bajo / Al rio azul, para beber
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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 – A Poem on the Underground Wall (Live)
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The last train is nearly due / The Underground is closing soon / And in the dark, deserted station / Restless in anticipation / A man waits in the shadows / His restless eyes leap
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Simon & Garfunkel – Song for the Asking
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[Verse 1] / Here is my song for the asking / Ask me and I will play / So sweetly, I'll make you smile / This is my tune for the taking / Take it, don't turn away / I've been
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence (Single Version)
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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
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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 – Kathy's Song (Live)
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I hear the drizzle of the rain / Like a memory it falls / Soft and warm continuing / Tapping on my roof and walls / And from the shelter of my mind / Through the window of my eyes
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Paul Simon – Bridge Over Troubled Water
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This is a Simon and Garfunkel song. Lyrics and annotations are here.
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water (Demo Take 6)
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When you're weary, feeling small / When tears are in your eyes / I will dry them all / I'm on your side / When times get rough / And friends just can't be found / Like a bridge
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bookends
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Time it was / And what a time it was / It was a time of innocence / A time of confidences / Long ago, it must be / I have a photograph / Preserve your memories / They're all that's
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Paul Simon – America
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This is a Simon and Garfunkel song; lyrics and annotations are here.
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Simon & Garfunkel – Why Don't You Write Me
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[Verse 1] / Why don't you write me? / I'm out in the jungle / I'm hungry to hear you / Send me a card / I am waiting so hard / To be near you / (La, la, la) / Why don't you write
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bye Bye Love
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“Bye Bye Love” is a popular song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. It is best known in a debut recording by The Everly Brothers, issued by Cadence
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