Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don’t need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don’t need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
PAUL SIMONMaybe I think too much for my own good.
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Just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don’t need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free. Hop on the bus, Gus, you don’t need to discuss much, just drop off the key, Lee, and get yourself free.
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And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
PAUL SIMONAnd you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what we’ve lost.
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We’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
PAUL SIMONWe’ve survived by believing our life is going to get better.
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How can you live in the Northeast?
PAUL SIMONHow can you live in the Northeast?
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I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
PAUL SIMONI’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, Going home, where the new york city winters aren’t bleedin’ me.
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And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
PAUL SIMONAnd I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.
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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.
PAUL SIMONIt’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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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
PAUL SIMONAll God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That’s the whole point.
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If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
PAUL SIMONIf you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you’ve created a special little thing, and that’s what I’m looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.
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Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
PAUL SIMONWhy am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?
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Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
PAUL SIMONHaving a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.
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The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn’t really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
PAUL SIMONThe abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn’t really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.
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I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
PAUL SIMONI was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It’s chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.
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I feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
PAUL SIMONI feel I should try to reveal. When you hit it right, you produce an emotional response in the listener that can be cathartic. When you’re wrong, you’re soppy, sentimental.
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All I’ve got to do today is smile.
PAUL SIMONAll I’ve got to do today is smile.
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And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you
PAUL SIMONAnd so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you
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