Words & music by Paul Simon 1973
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Many's the time I've been mistaken
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And many times confused
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Yes, and often felt forsaken
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And certainly misused
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Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright
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I'm just weary to my bones
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Still, you don't expect to be
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Bright and bon vivant
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So far a-way from home, so far away from home
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I don't know a soul who's not been battered
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I don't have a friend who feels at ease
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I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
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or driven to its knees
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Oh, but it's alright, it's alright
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for we lived so well so long
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Still, when I think of the
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road we're traveling on
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I wonder what's gone wrong
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I can't help it, I wonder what's gone wrong
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And I dreamed I was dying
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I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
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And looking back down at me
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Smiled reassuringly
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And I dreamed I was flying
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And high up above my eyes could clearly see
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The Statue of Liberty
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Sailing away to sea
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And I dreamed I was flying
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We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
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We come on the ship that sailed the moon
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We come in the a-ge's most uncertain hours
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and sing an American tune
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Oh, and it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
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You can't be forever blessed
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Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
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And I'm trying to get some rest
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That's all I'm trying to get some rest
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