Words & music by Paul Simon 1973
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When I was a little boy, (when I was just a boy)
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And the Devil would call my name (when I was just a boy)
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I'd say "now who do,
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Who do you think you're fooling?" (when I was just a boy)
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I'm a consecrated boy (when I was just a boy)
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I'm a singer in a Sunday choir
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Oh , my mama loves, she loves me
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She get down on her knees and hug me
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Like she loves me like a rock
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She rocks me like the rock of ages
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And loves me
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She love me, love me, love me, love me
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When I was grown to be a man (grown to be a man)
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And the Devil would call my name (grown to be a man)
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I'd say "now who do,
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Who do you think you're fooling?" (grown to be a man)
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I'm a consummated man (grown to be a man)
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I can snatch a little purity
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My mama loves me, she loves me
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She get down on her knees and hug me
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Like she loves me like a rock
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She rocks me like the rock of ages
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And loves me
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She love me, love me, love me, love me
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And if I was President (was the President)
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The minute Congress call my name (was the President)
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I'd say "who do,
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Who do you think you're fooling? (Who do you think you're fooling)
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I've got the Presidential Seal (was the president)
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I'm up on the Presidential Podium
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My mama loves me
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She loves me
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She get down on her knees and hug me
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Like she loves me like a rock
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She rocks me like the rock of ages
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And loves me
Fade out:
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She love me, love me, love me, love me
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(loves me like a rock)
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