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Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence - Single Version

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(3:05)

P. Simon, 1964

Released on Sounds 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 silence



In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone

'Neath the halo of a street lamp

I turn my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

That split the night

And touched the sound of silence



And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people maybe more

People talking without speaking

People hearing without listening

People writing songs that voices never shared

No one dared

Disturb the sound of silence



"Fools," said I, "you do not know

Silence like a cancer grows

Hear my words that I might teach you

Take my arms that I might reach you"

But my words like silent raindrops fell

And echoed in the wells of silence



And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon god they made

And the sign flashed out its warning

In the words that it was forming

And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls

And tenement halls

And whispered in the sound of silence







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Homeward Bound (2:29)

P. Simon, 1966

Released on Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme

I'm sittin' in the railway station

Got a ticket for my destination, mmm

On a tour of one night stands

My suitcase and guitar in hand

And every stop is neatly planned

For a poet and a one-man band



Homeward Bound

I wish I was

Homeward Bound

Home, where my thought's escaping

Home, where my music's playing

Home, where my love lies waiting

Silently for me



Every day's an endless stream

Of cigarettes and magazines

And each town looks the same to me

The movies and the factories

And every stranger's face I see

Reminds me that I long to be



Homeward Bound

I wish I was

Homeward Bound

Home, where my thought's escaping

Home, where my music's playing

Home, where my love lies waiting

Silently for me



Tonight I'll sing my songs again

I'll play the game and pretend

But all my words come back to me

In shades of mediocrity

Like emptiness in harmony

I need someone to comfort me



Homeward Bound

I wish I was

Homeward Bound

Home, where my thought's escaping

Home, where my music's playing

Home, where my love lies waiting

Silently for me

Silently for me