Sonntag, 28. Februar 2010

Paul Simon - You can call me Al


A man walks down the street
He says why am I soft in the middle now

Why am I soft in the middle
The rest of my life is so hard

I need a photo-opportunity
I want a shot at redemption

Don't want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard

Bonedigger
Bonedigger
Dogs in the moonlight

Far away my well-lit door
Mr. Beerbelly
Beerbelly

Get these mutts away from me
You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore

If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal

I can call you Betty
And Betty when you call me 

You can call me Al


A man walks down the street
He says why am I short of attention

Got a short little span of attention
And wo my nights are so long

Where's my wife and family
What if I die here

Who'll be my role-model
Now that my role-model is

Gone
Gone
He ducked back down the alley
With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl

All along
along
There were incidents and accidents
There were hints and allegations

If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal

I can call you Betty
And Betty when you call me 


You can call me Al
Call me Al 

[Instrumental]
 
A man walks down the street
It's a street in a strange world

Maybe it's the Third World
Maybe it's his first time around

He doesn't speak the language
He holds no currency

He is a foreign man
He is surrounded by the sound
The sound

Cattle in the marketplace
Scatterlings and orphanages

He looks around, around
He sees angels in the architecture

Spinning in infinity
He says Amen! and Hallelujah!

If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal

I can call you Betty
And Betty when you call me

You can call me A
l
Call me Al  

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