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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.

Paul Simon

It’s very helpful to start with something that’s true. If you start with something that’s false, you’re always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.
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Beginning Fake Possible Simplicity Start True Way
Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.
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Mystery Simplicity
All lies and jests, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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Himself Lying Man Regard
Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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Breakdown Heart Broken
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy I said ‘Be careful his bowtie is really a camera’
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Camera Care Man Myself
The course of a lifetime runs/over and over again.
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Course Life Run Time
It was easier than explaining DiMaggio’s use as a metaphor.
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Explaining Metaphor
When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal.
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Betrayal Music Myself Record
Who am I to blow against the wind?
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Blow Myself Wind
I stepped outside to smoke a J and when I came back to the room, everybody just seemed to move.
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Move Myself Room Smoke
Maybe the heart is part of the mist. And that’s all that there is or could ever exist. Maybe and maybe and maybe some more. Maybe’s the exit that I’m looking for.
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Existence Heart Myself
Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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Hard Time Life Myself Soft
You want to be a writer, don’t know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.
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Humble Known Pen Place Quiet Writing Yourself
Life I love you, all is groovy.
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I Love You Life Myself
When I look back at all the crap I learned in high school, it’s a wonder I can think at all.
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Learning Myself Thinking Wonder
We’re living in a certain time, and we’re aware of it. And that’s part of what we’re aware of, along with our own personal aches and pains.
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Aware Live Myself Pain Personal Time

I’ve got nothing to do today but smile.

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