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Simon and Garfunkel Sing

1/10/2013

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El Condor Pasa (If I Could),  Music 1913 (El Condor Pasa) by Daniel Alomía Robles, Arrangement by Jorge Milchberg, Words 1970 (If I Could) by Paul Simon, sung by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel (45 words)

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would

CHORUS
Away, I'd rather sail away
Like a swan that's here and gone
A man gets tied up to the ground
He gives the world its saddest sound
It's saddest sound

I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would   CHORUS

I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes, I would
If I could
I surely would   CHORUS

I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes, I would
If I only could
I surely would
Bridge Over Troubled Water, (75 words)
"I will lay me down" is slang for "I will lie down".

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 over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

When you're down and out
When you're on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
I'll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down

Sail on, silvergirl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
If you need a friend
I'm sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Old Friends, (77 words)

Old friends
Old friends
Sat on their park bench
Like bookends
The newspaper blown through the grass
Falls on the round toes
Of the high shoes
Of the old friends

Old friends
Winter companions
The old men
Lost in their overcoats
Waiting for the sunset
The sounds of the city
Sifting through trees
Settle like dust
On the shoulders
Of the old friends

Can you imagine us
Years from today
Sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange
To be seventy

Old friends
Memory brushes the same years
Silently sharing the same fear

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 left you
I Am A Rock, (84 words)

A winter's day
In a deep and dark December
I am alone
Gazing from my window
To the streets below
On a freshly fallen, silent shroud of snow
I am a rock
I am an island

I've built walls
A fortress, steep and mighty
That none may penetrate
I have no need of friendship
Friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
I am a rock
I am an island

Don't talk of love
Well, I've heard the words before
It's sleeping in my memory
And I won't disturb the slumber
Of feelings that have died
If I never loved, I never would have cried
I am a rock
I am an island

I have my books
And my poetry to protect me
I am shielded in my armor
Hiding in my room
Safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me
I am a rock
I am an island

And a rock feels no pain
And an island never cries
1 Comment
Alfonso Calvete
7/9/2017 09:01:47 am

Deseo recibir noticias, informes, comentarios, documentos que me ayuden a aprender el idioma inglés.

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