Simon & Garfunkel is an American singer-songwriter duo consisting of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. They formed the group Tom & Jerry in 1957, and had their first taste of success with the minor hit "Hey, Schoolgirl". As Simon & Garfunkel, the duo rose to fame in 1965, backed by the hit single "The Sounds of Silence". Their music was featured in the landmark film The Graduate, propelling them further into the public consciousness.
They are... [read more] - Homeward Bound
I'm sittin' in the railway station Got a ticket for my destinationOn a tour of one night standsMy suitcase and guitar in handAnd every stop is neatly plannedFor a poet and a one man bandHomeward boundI wish I...
- Bookends
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 photographPreserve your memories, they're all that's left you
- Song For The Asking
Here is my song for the askingAsk me and I will playSo sweetly, I'll make you smileThis is my tune for the takingTake it, don't turn awayI've been waiting all my lifeThinking it over, I've been sadThinking it over,...
- The Sound Of Silence
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 brain Still remains Within the sound of...
- For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
What I dream I had:Pressed in organdy;Clothed in crinoline of smoky Burgundy;Softer than the rain.I wandered empty streetsDown past the shop displays.I heard cathedral bellsTripping down the alley ways,As I walked...
- I Am A Rock
A winter's dayIn a deep and dark December;I am alone,Gazing from my window to the streets belowOn a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.I am a rock,I am an island.I've built walls,A fortress deep and mighty,That none...
- Old Friends
Old friends, old friends,Sat on their parkbench like bookendsA newspaper blown through the grass Falls on the round toesof the high shoes of the old friends Old friends, winter companions, the old menLost in their...
- The 59th Street Bridge Song
Slow down, you move too fast.You got to make the morning last.Just kicking down the cobble stones.Looking for fun and feelin' groovy.Hello lamppost,What cha knowing?I've come to watch your flowers growing.Ain't cha...
- The Dangling Conversation
It's a still life water color,Of a now late afternoon,As the sun shines through the curtained laceAnd shadows wash the room.And we sit and drink our coffeeCouched in our indifference,Like shells upon the shoreYou can...
- EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD)
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snailYes I would, if I could, I surely wouldI'd rather be a hammer than a nailYes I would, if I only could, I surely wouldAway, I'd rather sail awayLike a swan that's here and goneA man...
- Scarborough Fair/Canticle
Are you going to Scarborough Fair:Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.Remember me to one who lives there.She once was a true love of mine.On the side of a hill in the deep forest green.Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested...
- The Only Living Boy In New York
Tom, get your plane right on time.I know your part'll go fine.Fly down to Mexico.Da-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da and here I am,The only living boy in New York.I get the news I need on the weather report.I can gather all the...
- Cecilia
Cecilia, you're breaking my heartYou're shaking my confidence dailyOh, Cecilia, I'm down on my kneesI'm begging you please to come homeCecilia, you're breaking my heartYou're shaking my confidence dailyOh, Cecilia,...
- Save The Life Of My Child
"Good God! Don't jump!"A boy sat on the ledge.An old man who had fainted was revived.And everyone agreed it would be a miracle indeedIf the boy survived."Save the life of my child!"Cried the desperate mother.The...
- Punky's Dilemma
Wish I was a Kellogg's CornflakeFloatin' in my bowl takin' movies,Relaxin' awhile, livin' in style,Talkin' to a raisin who 'casion'ly plays L.A.,Casually glancing at his toupee.Wish I was an English muffin'Bout to...
- Voices Of Old People
[Art Garfunkel recorded old people in various locations in NewYork and Los Angeles over aperiod of several months. These voices were taken from thosetapes.]
- Bookends Theme
(Instrumental)
- Overs
Why don't we stop fooling ourselves?The game is over,Over, Over.No good times, no bad times,There's no times at all,Just The New York Times,Sitting on the windowsillNear the flowers.We might as well be apart.It hardly...
- Bye Bye Love
(Felice and Boudleaux Bryant)CHORUSBye bye loveBye bye happinessHello lonelinessI think I'm gonna cryBye bye loveBye bye sweet caressHello emptinessI feel like I could dieBye bye my love, goodbyeThere goes my babyWith...
- Keep The Customer Satisfied
Gee but it's great to be back homeHome is where I want to be.I've been on the road so long my friend,And if you came alongI know you couldn't disagree.CHORUSIt's the same old storyEverywhere I go,I get...
- Baby Driver
My daddy was the family bassmanMy mamma was an engineerAnd I was born one dark gray mornWith music coming in my earsIn my ears.CHORUSThey call me Baby DriverAnd once upon a pair of wheelsHit the road and I'm gone...
- So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
So long, Frank Lloyd Wright.I can't believe your song is gone so soon.I barely learned the tuneSo soonSo soon.I'll remember Frank Lloyd Wright.All of the nights we'd harmonize till dawn.I never laughed so longSo...
- Why Don't You Write Me
Why don't you write meI'm out in the jungleI'm hungry to hear you.Send me a card,I am waiting so hardTo be near you.(La, la, la)Why don't you write?Something is wrongAnd I know I got to be there.Maybe I'm lost,But I...
- Mrs Robinson
And here's to you, Mrs. RobinsonJesus loves you more than you will know (Wo, wo, wo)God bless you please, Mrs. RobinsonHeaven holds a place for those who pray (Hey, hey, hey...hey, hey, hey)We'd like to know a little...
- The Boxer
I am just a poor boy.Though my story's seldom told,I have squandered my resistanceFor a pocket full of mumbles, Such are promisesAll lies and jestsStill a man hears what he wants to hearAnd disregards the rest.When I...
- I Am A Rock
A winter's dayIn a deep and dark December;I am alone,Gazing from my window to the streets belowOn a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.I am a rock,I am an island.I've built walls,A fortress deep and mighty,That none...
- Cecilia
Cecilia, you're breaking my heartYou're shaking my confidence daily.Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees,I'm begging you please to come home.Cecilia, you're breaking my heartYou're shaking my confidence daily.Oh Cecilia,...
- Boxer
I am just a poor boyThough my story's seldom toldI have squandered my resistanceFor a pocket full of mumbles such are promisesAll lies and jestsStill a man hears what he wants to hearAnd disregards the restWhen I left...
- El Condor Pasa
I'd rather be a sparrow than a snailYes I would, if I could, I surely wouldI'd rather be a hammer than a nailYes I would, if I only could, I surely wouldAway, I'd rather sail awayLike a swan that's here and goneA man...
- Fakin It
When she goes, she's gone.If she stays, she stays here.The girl does what she wants to do.She knows what she wants to do.And I know I'm fakin' it,I'm not really makin' it.I'm such a dubious soul,And a walk in the...
- A Church Is Burning
A church is burningThe flames rise higherLike hands that are praying a-glow in the skyLike hands that are praying the fire is saying, You can burn down my churches but I shall be free.Three hooded men thru the...
- I Am A Rock
A winter's dayIn a deep and darkDecember;I am alone,Gazing from my window to the streets belowOn a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.I am a rock,I am an island.I've built walls,A fortress deep and mighty,That none...
- At The Zoo
- Dangling Conversation
It's a still life water color, Of a now late afternoon,As the sun shines through the curtained lace And shadows wash the room.And we sit and drink our coffeeCouched in our indifference,Like shells upon the shoreYou...
- Bridge Over Troubled Waters
When you're wearyFeeling smallWhen tears are in your eyesI will dry them allI'm on your sideWhen times get roughAnd friends just can't be foundLike a bridge over troubled waterI will lay me downLike a bridge over...
- Mrs. Robinson
We'd like to knowA little bit about youFor our files.We'd like to help you learnTo help yourself.Look around you. All you seeAre sympathetic eyes.Stroll around the groundsUntil you feel at home.And here's to you, Mrs....
- Fakin' It
When she goes, she's gone.If she stays, she stays here.The girl does what she wants to do.She knows what she wants to do.And I know I'm fakin' it,I'm not really makin' it.I'm such a dubious soul,And a walk in the...
- Bright Eyes
Is it a kind of dream,Floating out on the tide,Following the river of death downstream?Oh, is it a dream?There's a fog along the horizon,A strange glow in the sky,And nobody seems to know where you go,And what does it...
- For Emily
What I dream I had, dressed in organdyClothed in crinoline, of smoky BurgundySofter than the rainI wandered empty streets, down past the shop displaysI heard cathedral bells, tripping down the alley waysAs I walked...
- Homeward Bound
I'm sitting in the railway station.Got a ticket to my destination.On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand.And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band.Homeward bound,I wish I...
- Sounds Of Silence
Hello darkness, my old friendI've come to talk with you againBecause a vision softly creepingLeft its seeds while I was sleepingAnd the vision that was planted in my brainStill remainsWithin the sound of silenceIn...
- Scarborough Fair
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?Parsley, sage, rosemary and thymeRemember me to one who lives thereFor once she was a true love of mineHave her make me a cambric shirtParsley, sage, rosemary and thymeWithout no seam...
- Homeward Bound
I'm sitting in the railway station.Got a ticket to my destination.On a tour of one-night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand.And ev'ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one-man band.Homeward bound,I wish I...
- Scarborough Fair
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?Parsley, sage, rosemary and thymeRemember me to one who lives thereFor once she was a true love of mineHave her make me a cambric shirtParsley, sage, rosemary and thymeWithout no seam...
- Hazy Shade Of Winter
Time,Time,Time, see what's become of meWhile I looked around for my possibilities.I was so hard to please.Look around,Leaves are brown,And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.Hear the Salvation Army band.Down by the...
- Cecilia
Celia, you're breaking my heartYou're shaking my confidence dailyOh, Cecilia, I'm down on my kneesI'm begging you please to come homeCelia, you're breaking my heartYou're shaking my confidence dailyOh, Cecilia, I'm...
- My Little Town
In my little townI grew up believing God keeps his eye on us all And he used to lean upon meAs I pledged allegiance to the wallLord I recall my little townComing home after schoolRiding my bike past the gates of the...
- Wake Up Little Susie
Wake up, little Susie, wake upWake up, little Susie, wake upWe've both been sound asleep, wake up, little Susie, and weepThe movie's over, it's four o'clock, and we're in trouble deepWake up little SusieWake up little...
- A Hazy Shade Of Winter
- Bridge Over Troubled Water
When you're weary, feeling smallWhen tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all (all)I'm on your side, oh, when times get roughAnd friends just can't be foundLike a bridge over troubled waterI will lay me downLike a...
- America
Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes togetherI've got some real estate here in my bagSo we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's piesAnd we walked off to look for AmericaCathy I said as we boarded a...
- KODACHROME
When I think back on all the crap I've learned in highschoolIt's a wonder I can think at allThough my lack of education hasn't hurt me muchI can read the writings on the walls Chorus:Kodachrome, they give us those...
- LATE IN THE EVENING
The first thing I remember, I was lying in my bedI couldn't've been no more than one or twoAnd I remember there's a radio, coming from the room next doorMy mother laughed away some ladies' dueWell it's late in the...
- AMERICAN TUNE
Many's the time I've been mistaken, and many times confusedYes and I've often felt forsaken, and certainly misusedAh but I'm alright, I'm alright, I'm just weary thru my bonesStill you don't expect to be bright and...
- WAKE UP LITTLE SUZIE
Wake up little Suzie, wake up, wake up little Suzie, wake upWe both fell sound asleep, wake up little Suzie and weepThe movie's over, it's four o'clock and we're in trouble deep Chorus:Wake up little Suzie, wake up...
- A HEART IN NEW YORK
New York, to that tall skyline I come, flyin' in from London to your doorNew York, lookin' down on Central ParkWhere they say you should not wander after darkNew York, like a scene from all those moviesBut you're real...
- FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER
The problem is all inside your head, she said to meThe answer is easy if you take it logicallyI'd like to help you in your struggle to be freeThere must be fifty ways to leave your loverShe said it's really not my...
- ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD
Mama pyjama rolled outta bed, she ran to the police stationWhen the cop found out, he began to shout, he started the investigationAnd it's against the law, it was against the lawWhat what mama saw, it was against the...
- STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
I met my old lover on the street last nightShe seemed so glad to see me, I just smiledAnd we talked about some old times and we drank ourselves some beerStill crazy after all these years, still crazy after all these...
- Scarborough Fair
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?Parsley, sage, rosemary and thymeRemember me to one who lives thereFor once she was a true love of mineHave her make me a cambric shirtParsley, sage, rosemary and thymeWithout no seam...
- SLIP SLIDING AWAY
Chorus:Slip sliding away, slip sliding awayYou know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding awayWhoah and I know a man, he came from my hometownHe wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crownHe...
- MABELLENE
Chorus:(Oh) Maybellene, why can't you be true, whoah Maybellene, why can't you be trueYou're not startin' right, doin' those things you used to doAs I was motivatin over the hill, I saw Maybellene in a Coup de Ville,...
- Patterns
The night sets softlyWith the hush of falling leaves,Casting shivering shadowsOn the houses through the trees,And the light from a street lampPaints a pattern on my wall,Like the pieces of a puzzleOr a child's uneven...
- Go Tell It On The Mountain
Hallelujah! Go tell it on the mountain Over the hills and everywhere Go tell it on the mountain Jesus Christ is born Down the lonely manger The humble Christ was born And God sent salvation That blessed Christmas morn...
- You Can Tell The World
Well you can tell the world about this You can tell the nation about that Tell'em what the master has done Tell'em that the gospel has come Tell'em that the victory's been won He brought joy,joy,joy,joy,joy,joy, Into...
- Sparrow
Who will love a little Sparrow? Who's traveled far and cries for rest? "Not I," said the Oak Tree, "I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest, And my blanket of leaves won't warm her cold breast." Who will...
- A Most Peculiar Man
A Most Peculiar Man (P. Simon, 1965)He was a most peculiar man.That's what Mrs. Riordan said and she should know;She lived upstairs from himShe said he was a most peculiar man.He was a most peculiar man.He lived all...
- Leaves That Are Green
I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song.I'm twenty-two now but I won't be for longTime hurries on.And the leaves that are green turn to brown,And they wither with the wind,And they crumble in your hand.Once my...
- Somewhere They Can't Find Me
I can hear the soft breathing of the girl that I love,As she lies here beside me asleep with the night.Her hair in a fine mist floats on my pillow, Reflecting the flow of the winter moonlight.But I've got to creep...
- The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
Do people have a tendency to dump on you?Does your group have more cavities than theirs?Do all the hippies seem to get the jump on you?Do you sleep alone when other sleep in pairs?Well there's no need to...
- A Poem On The Underground Wall
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 and scratch,At all that they can touch or...
- Anji
(D. Graham, 1965)(Instrumental)
- He Was My Brother
He was my brother Five years older than I He was my brother Twenty-three years old the day he died Freedom writer They cursed my brother to his face Go home outsider This town's gonna be your buryin' place He was...
- Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
I can hear the soft breathing Of the girl that I love, As she lies here beside me Asleep with the night, And her hair, in a fine mist Floats on my pillow, Reflecting the glow Of the winter moonlight. She is soft, she...
- The Times They Are A-Changin'
Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone. If your time to you Is worth savin' Then you better start Swimmin' Or...
- Blessed
Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit.Blessed is the lamb whose blood flows.Blessed are the sat upon, Spat upon, Ratted on,O Lord, Why have you forsaken me?I got no place to go,I've walked around Soho for the...
- Bleeker Street
Fog's rollin' in off the East River bank Like a shroud it covers Bleeker Street Fills the alleys where men sleep Hides the shepherd from the sheep Voices leaking from a sad cafe Smiling faces try to understand I saw a...
- Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
Last night I had the strangest dream I ever dreamed before I dreamed the world had all agreed To put an end to war I dreamed I saw a mighty room The room was filled with men And the paper they were signing said They'd...
- Cloudy
CloudyThe sky is gray and white and cloudy,Sometimes I think it's hanging down on me.And it's a hitchhike a hundred miles.I'm a rag-a-muffin child.Pointed finger-painted smile.I left my shadow waiting down the road...
- We've Got A Groovy Thing Goin'
Bad news, bad news!I heard you're packing to leave!I come arunning right over;I just couldn't believe it,I just couldn't believe it.Oh, baby, babyYou must be out of your mind.Do you know what you're kicking away?We've...
- Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
Through the corridors of sleepPast the shadows dark and deepMy mind dances and leaps in confusion.I don't know what is real,I can't touch what I feelAnd I hide behind the shield of my illusion.So I'll continue to...
- Richard Cory
They say that Richard Cory owns one half of this whole town,With political connections to spread his wealth around.Born into society, a banker's only child,He had everything a man could want: power, grace, and...
- Peggy-O (Traditonal)
As we marched down to Faneri-o As we marched down to Faneri-o Our captain fell n love with a lady like a dove And they called her name, pretty Peggy-o Come a runnin' down the stairs, pretty Peggy-o Come a runnin' down...
- 7 O'clock News/Silent Night
This is the early evening edition of the news.The recent fight in the House of Representatives was over the open housing section of the Civil Rights Bill.Brought traditional enemies together but it left the defenders...
- The Sun Is Burning
The sun is burning in the sky Strands of clouds go slowly drifting by In the park the lazy breeze Are joining in the flowers, among the trees And the sun burns in the sky Now the sun is in the West Little kids go home...
- A Simple Desultory Philippic
(Or How I Was Robert McNamara'd into Submission)I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored.I been John O'Hara'd, McNamara'd.I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I'm blind.I been Ayn Randed, nearly brandedCommunist,...
- Red Rubber Ball
I should have known you'd bid me farewell.There's a lesson to be learned from thisand I learned it very wellNow I know you're not the only starfish in the sea.If I never hear your name again it's all the same to...
- You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies
You don't know that you love meYou don't know but I know that you doYou may think that you're above me, yeahWhat you think isn't always trueDon't try to debate me,You should know that I'm womanly wiseStill you try to...
- Hey, Schoolgirl/Black Slacks
Hey, Schoolgirl in the second rowThe teacher's lookin' over so I got to whisper way down lowTo say, "Who-bop-a-loo-chi-bop, let's meetafter school at three."1. She said, "Hey, babe, but there is one thing moreMy...
- April Come She Will
April come she willWhen streams are ripe and swelled with rainMay she will stayResting in my arms againJune she'll change her tuneIn restless walks she'll prowl the nightJuly she will flyAnd give no warning to her...
- Kathy's Song
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 I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets To...
- SCARBOROUGH FAIR / CANTICLE
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?Parsley, sage, rosemary & thymeRemember me to one who lives thereShe once was a true love of mineTell her to make me a cambric shirt (On the side of a hill in the deep forest...
- The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
Slow down, you move too fast You got to make the morning last Just kicking down the cobblestones Looking for fun and feeling groovy Ba da da da da da da, feeling groovy Hello lamppost, what'cha knowing I've come to...
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