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HerbieHeadhunter Donating Member (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 11:57 PM
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American Tune (Paul Simon) on Colbert
Holy hell I love that song.
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-18-08 11:59 PM
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1. Giving me tears
Edited on Wed Nov-19-08 12:00 AM by Ichingcarpenter
Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
Oh, but I'm all right, I'm all right
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, you don't expect to be
Bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home

And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
or driven to its knees
but it's all right, it's all right
for we lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the
road we're traveling on
I wonder what's gone wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong

And I dreamed I was dying
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying

We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hours
and sing an American tune
Oh, and it's alright, it's all right, it's all right
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest
That's all I'm trying to get some rest


Sort of sums it up these days

from 1975

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE3kKUEY5WU
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 12:01 AM
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2. Beautiful. Always was, always will be. And Paul Simon rocks! nt
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fishwax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-19-08 12:01 AM
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3. Great song--I'm glad he picked that one to play
:applause:
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