Songs I didn't expect to be listening to tonight.... (youtube)

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Sat Jul-07-07 12:39 AM
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Songs I didn't expect to be listening to tonight.... (youtube)

Simon And Garfunkel Greatest Hits (1972)

http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/EL-CONDOR-PASA-IF-I-COULD-lyrics-Simon-and-Garfunkel/26EECCEC8AF51B79482568960011F5D9">El Condor Pasa (If I Could)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHGZV--1uqE

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snail
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

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
Its saddest sound

I'd rather be a forest than a street
Yes I would, if I could, I surely would
I'd rather feel the earth beneath my feet
Yes I would, if I only could, I surely would

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/simon+and+garfunkel/the+boxer_20124664.html">The Boxer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tywEnVjPUUQ

I am just a poor boy and my storys seldom told
Ive squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest, hmmmm

When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station, runnin scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know

Li la li...

Asking only workmans wages, I come lookin for a job, but I get no offers
Just a comeon from the whores on 7th avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there

Now the years are rolling by me, they are rockin even me
I am older than I once was, and younger than Ill be, thats not unusual
No it isnt strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same
After changes we are more or less the same

Li la li...

And Im laying out my winter clothes, wishing I was gone, goin home
Where the new york city winters arent bleedin me, leadin me to go home

In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him
til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
Yes he still remains

Li la li...

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/s/simon+and+garfunkel/america_20124598.html">America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCbOEZ8c8dM

let us be lovers well marry our fortunes together
Ive got some real estate here in my bag
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and mrs. wagner pies
And we walked off to look for america
kathy, I said as we boarded a greyhound in pittsburgh
michigan seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to hitchhike from saginaw
Ive gone to look for america

Laughing on the bus
Playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera

toss me a cigarette, I think theres one in my raincoat
we smoked the last one an hour ago
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

kathy, Im lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping
Im empty and aching and I dont know why
Counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike
Theyve all gone to look for america
All gone to look for america
All gone to look for america

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Why didn't I expect it? Because I don't own the cd, first of all.
But my son ran in and asked me to burn a copy for him, before he left again.
I find it bizarre, in a nice way and I'm wowed that he likes the music I listened
to at 18! Where is he hearing this music?? I only hear him play the Top 50, usually.
Maybe that's just his alarm clock.

Songs I didn't expect to be listening to tonight.... (youtube)

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