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There Goes Rhymin' Simon

Paul Simon

℗ 1973 

Paul Simon • 1973 • There Goes Rhymin' Simon

1) GUITAR : Paul Simon, Pete Carr; ELEC. GUITAR: Jimmy Johnson; BASS: David Hood; DRUMS: Roger Hawkins; KEYBOARD: Barry Beckett.

2) GUITAR: Cornell Dupree; BASS: Gordon Edwards; PIANO: Paul Griffin; DRUMS: Rick Marotta; VOCAL GROUP : The Dixie Hummingbirds; Courtesy of Peacok Records; Horns Arranged by Alien Toussaint.

3) GUITAR: Paul Simon; ELEC. GUITAR: Jimmy Johnson, Pete Carr; BASS: David Hood; DRUMS: Roger Hawkins; FALSETTO VOICE: Rev. Claude Jeter; HORNS : The Onward Brass Band.

4) GUITAR: Paul Simon, David Spinozza, Alexander Gafa; ELEC.BASS: Bob Cranshaw; ACOUSTIC BASS: Richard Davis; DRUMS: Grady Tate; KEYBOARD: Bobby James; PIANO: Bobby Scott; VIBES: Don Elliott; Strings Arranged by Quincy Jones.

5) PIANO: Barry Beckett; GUITAR: Pete Carr; BASS: David Hood; DRUMS: Roger Hawkins.

6) GUITAR: Paul Simon; KEYBOARD: Bobby James; BASS: Bob Cranshaw; DRUMS: Grady Tate; Strings Arranged by Del Newman.

7) GUITAR: Paul Simun; PERCUSSION: Airto Moreira; BASS: Bob Cranshaw; VOCAL: Maggie & Terre Roche.

8) GUITAR: Paul Simon; GUITAR: Jerry Pucket; BASS: Verme Robbins; DRUMS: James Straud; ORGAN: Carson Witsett.

9) GUITAR: Paul Simon; ELEC. GUITAR: Pete Carr; BASS: David Hood; PERCUSSION: Roger Hawkins; KEYBOARD & VIBES: Barry Beckett.

10) GUITAR: Paul Simon; BASS: David Hood; DRUMS: Roger Hawkins; VOCAL GROUP: The Dixie Hummingbirds.

Тексты и видео:

Kodachrome

(Paul Simon)

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 wall

Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's
a sunny day
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away

If you took all the girls I knew
When I was single
And brought them all together
for one night
I know they'd never match
my sweet imagination
Everything looks worse
in black and white

Kodachrome
They give us those nice bright colors
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's
a sunny day
I got a Nikon camera
I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away

Tenderness

(Paul Simon)

What can I do
What can I do
Much of what you say is true
I know you see through me
But there's no tenderness
Beneath your honesty

Right and wrong
Right and wrong
Never helped us get along
You say you care for me
But there's no tenderness
Beneath your honesty

You and me were such good friends
What's your hurry?
You and me could make amends
I'm not worried
I'm not worried

Honesty
Honesty
It's such a waste of energy
No you don't have to lie to me
Just give me some tenderness
Beneath your honesty
You don't have to lie to me
Just give me some tenderness

Take Me to the Mardi Gras

(Paul Simon)

C'mon take me to the Mardi Gras
Where the people sing and play
Where the dancing is elite
And there's music in the street
Both night and day

Hurry take me to the Mardi Gras
In the city of my dreams
You can legalize your lows
You can wear your summer clothes
In the New Orleans

And I will lay my burden down
Rest my head upon that shore
And when I wear that starry crown
I won't be wanting anymore

Take your burdens to the Mardi Gras
Let the music wash your soul
You can mingle in the street
You can jingle to the beat
Of Jelly Roll

Something So Right

(Paul Simon)

You've got the cool water
When the fever runs high
You've got the look of lovelight in your eyes
And I was in crazy motion
Til you calmed me down
It took a little time
But you calmed me down

When something goes wrong
I'm the first to admit it
I'm the first to admit it
But the last one to know when something goes right
Well it's likely to lose me
It's apt to confuse me
It's such an unusual sight
I can't get used to something so right
Something so right

They've got a wall in China
It's a thousand miles long
To keep out the foreigners
They made it strong
I've got a wall around me
You can't even see
It took a little time
To get to me

When something goes wrong
I'm the first to admit it
I'm the first to admit it
But the last one to know when something goes right
Well it's likely to lose me
It's apt to confuse me
It's such an unusual sight
I can't get used to something so right
Something so right

Some people never say the words
I love you
It's not their style to be so bold
Some people never say those words
I love you
But like a child they're longing to be told

When something goes wrong
I'm the first to admit it
I'm the first to admit it
But the last one to know when something goes right
Well it's likely to lose me
It's apt to confuse me
It's such an unusual sight
I can't get used to something so right
Something so right

One Man's Ceiling is Another Man's Floor

(Paul Simon)

There's been some hard feelings here
About some words that were said
There's been some hard feelings here
And what is more
There's been a bloody purple nose
And some bloody purple clothes
That were messing up the lobby floor
It's just apartment house rules
So all you 'partment fools
Remember: one man's ceiling is another man's floor
Remember: one man's ceiling is another man's floor

There's been some strange goin's on
And some folks have come and gone
And the elevator man don't work no more
I heard a racket in the hall
And I thought 1 heard a fall
But I never opened up my door
It's just apartment house sense
It's like apartment rents
Remember: one man's ceiling is another man's floor
Remember: one man's ceiling is another man's floor

And there's an alley in the back of my building
Where some people congregate in shame
I was walking with mv dog
And the night was black with smog
When I thought I heard somebody
Call my name

American Tune

(Paul Simon)

Many's the time I've been mistaken, and many times confused
Yes and I've often felt forsaken, and certainly misused
Ah but I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm just weary thru my bones
Still you don't expect to be bright and bon-vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home

And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered or driven to its knees
But it's alright, it's alright, for we live so well, so long
Still, when I think of the road we're traveling on
I wonder what's gone wrong, I can't help it I wonder what's gone wrong

And I dreamed I was dying, I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me, smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying, and high up above my eyes could clearly see
The statue of liberty, sailing away to sea, and I dreamed I was flying

But we come on a ship they called Mayflower
We come on a ship that sailed the moon
We come in the ages' most uncertain hours and sing an American tune
And it's alright, oh it's alright, it's alright, you can be forever blessed
Still tomorrow's gonna be another working day and I'm trying to get some rest
That's all I'm trying, to get some rest

Was a Sunny Day

(Paul Simon)

Was a sunny day
Not a cloud was in the sky
Not a negative word was heared
From the people passing by
Was a sunny day
All the birdies in the trees
And the radio's singing song
All the favorite melodies

He was a navy man
Stationed in Newport News
She was a high school queen
With nothing left to lose

Was a sunny day
Not a cloud was in the sky
Not a negative word was heared
From the people passing by
Was a sunny day
All the birdies in the trees
And the radio's singing song
All the favorite melodies

Her name was Lorelei
She was his only girl
She called him Speedoo
But his Christian name
Was Mr.Earl

Was a sunny day
Not a cloud was in the sky
Not a negative word was heared
From the people passing by
Was a sunny day
All the birdies in the trees
And the radio's singing song
All the favorite melodies

Learn How to Fall

(Paul Simon)

You got to learn how to fall
Before you learn to fly
And mama, mama it ain't no lie
Before you learn to fly
Learn how to fall

You got to drift in the breeze
Before you set your sails
It's an occupation where the wind prevn
Before you set your sails
Drift in the breeze

Oh and it's the same old story
Ever since the world began
Everybody got the runs for glory
Nobody stop and scrutinize the plan
Nobody stop and scrutinize the plan

You got to learn how to fall
Before you learn to fly
The tank towns they tell no lie
Before you learn to fly
Learn how to fall

St. Judy's Comet

(Paul Simon)

Little sleepy boy
Do you know what time it is?
Well the hour ol your bedtime's
Long been past

And though I know you're fighting it
I can tell when you rub your eyes
You're fading fast
Fading fast

Won't you run come see St.Judy's Comet
Roll across the skies
And leave a spray of diamonds
In its wake
I long to see St.Judy's Comet
Sparkle in your eyes
When you awake

Little boy
Won't you lay your body down
Little boy
Won't you close your weary eye's
Ain't nothing flashing hut the fireflies

Well I sang it once
Then I sang it twice
I'm going tu sing it three times more
I'm going tu stay 'til your resistance
Is overcome
'Cause if I can't sing my boy tu sleep
Well it makes your famous daddy
Look so dumb

Wun't you run come see St.Judy's Comel
Roll across the skies
And leave a spray of diamonds
In its wake
I long to see St.Judy's Comet
Sparkle in your eyes
When you awake

Little boy, little boy
Won't you lay your body down
Little boy, little boy
Won't you close your weary eyes
Ain't nothing flashing but the fireflies

Oo little sleepy boy
Do you know what time it is
Well the hour of your bedtime's
Long been past
Though I know you're fighting it
I can tell when you rub your eyes
That you're fading fast.

Loves Me Like a Rock

(Paul Simon)

When I was a little boy
And the Devil would call my name
I'd say "now who do ...
Who do you think you're fooling?"
I'm a consecrated boy
Singer in a Sunday choir
My mama loves, she loves me
She gets down on her knees and hugs me
She loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages
And she loves me

When I was grown to be a man
And the Devil would call my name
I'd say "now who do . ..
Who do you think you're fooling?"
I'm a consummated man
I can snatch a little purity
My mama loves me, she loves me
She gets down on her knees and hugs me
She loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages
And she loves me

If I was President
And the Congress call my name
I'd say "who do ...
Who do you think you're fooling?"
I've got the Presidential Seal
I'm up on the Presidential Podium
My mama loves me
She loves me
She gets down on her knees and hugs me
And she loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages
And she loves me
She loves me, loves me, loves me, loves me