Paul Simon BBC One Sessions

APPLAUSE

Thanks for coming.

# The mama pajama rolled out of bed

# and she ran to the police station

# When the papa found out he began to shout

# And he started the investigation

# It's against the law

# It was against the law

# What the mama saw

# It was against the law

# The mama looks down and spits on the ground

# Ev'ry time my name gets mentioned

# The papa say oy, if I get that boy

# I'm gonna stick him in the house of detention

# Well, I'm on my way

# I don't know where I'm goin'

# I'm on my way

# I'm takin' my time but I don't know where

# Goodbye to Rosie

# The Queen of Corona

# See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard

# See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard

HE WHISTLES

# In a couple of days they come and take me away

# But the press let the story leak

# And when the radical priest come to get me released

# We's all on the cover of Newsweek

# Yeah, and I'm on my way

# I don't know where I'm goin'

# I'm on my way now

# I'm takin' my time but I don't know where

# Say goodbye to Rosie

# The Queen of Corona

# See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard

# See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard

# See you, me and Julio down by the schoolyard. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

# A man walks down the street

# He says why am I soft in the middle now?

# Why am I soft in the middle?

# The rest of my life is so hard

# I need a photo opportunity

# I want a shot at redemption

# Don't want to end up a cartoon

# In a cartoon graveyard

# Bonedigger Bonedigger

# Dogs in the moonlight

# Far away my well-lit door

# Mr Beerbelly Beerbelly

# Get these mutts away from me

# You know I don't find this stuff amusing any more

# If you'll be my bodyguard

# I can be your long-lost pal

# I can call you Betty

# And Betty when you call me You can call me Al

# A man walks down the street

# He says why am I short of attention?

# Got a short little span of attention

# And whoa my nights are so long

# Where's my wife and family?

# What if I die here?

# Who will be my role model

-# now that my role model is gone?

-Gone

# He ducked back down the alley

# With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl

# All alone all alone

# There were incidents and accidents

# There were hints and allegations

# If you'll be my bodyguard

# I can be your long-lost pal

# I can call you Betty

# And Betty when you call me

# Call me Al

# A man walks down the street

# It's a street in a strange world

# Maybe it's the Third World

# Maybe it's his first time around

# He doesn't speak the language

# He holds no currency

# He is a foreign man

# He is surrounded by the sound

# There's cattle in the marketplace

# There's scatterlings and orphanages

# He looks around, around

# He sees angels in the architecture

# Spinning in infinity

# He says Amen! and Hallelujah!

# I can call you Betty

# And Betty when you call me You can call me Al

-# Call me na na na na

-Na na na na

# Na na na na Na na na na

# Na na na na Na na na na na na

# Na na na na Na na na na na na

# Na na na na Na na na na na na

# Oh oh

# Rollin', rollin'

# Rollin', rollin'... #

Here comes the bass.

BASS SOLO

MAIN RIFF

# If you'll be my bodyguard

# I can be your long-lost pal

# I can call you Betty

# And Betty when you call me You can call me Al

# Call me Al. #

On bass, ladies and gentlemen, this is Bakithi Kumalo.

BASS SOLO

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

# Tom, get your plane right on time

# I know your part'll go fine

# Fly down to Mexico-o-o-o

# Da-n-da-da-n-da-n-da

# And here I am

# The only living boy in New York

# I get the news I need on the weather report

# Oh, I can gather all the news I need on the weather report

# Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile

# Da-n-do-da-n-do-da-n-da-da

# And here I am

# The only living boy in New York

# Half of the time we're gone but we don't know where

# And we don't know where

# A-A-A-A-Ah

-# A-A-A-A-Ah

-A-A-A-A-Ah

-# A-A-A-A-Ah

-A-A-A-A-Ah

# Da-n-do-da-n-do-da-n-da-da

# Here I am

# Half of the time we're gone but we don't know where

# And we don't know where

# Tom, get your plane right on time

# I know that you've been eager to fly now

# Hey let your honesty shine, shine, shine now

# Da-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da

# Like it shines on me

# The only living boy in New York

# The only living boy in New York

-# A-A-A-A-Ah

-A-A-A-A-Ah

-# A-A-A-A-Ah

-A-A-A-A-Ah

-# A-A-A-A-Ah

-A-A-A-A-Ah

# Here I am. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

Thank you.

# It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor

# Outrageous the crimes some human beings must endure

# It's a blessing to wash your face in the summer solstice rain

# It's outrageous that a man like me stand here and complain

# But I'm tired

# 900 sit-ups a day

# I'm painting my hair the colour of mud, mud, OK?

# I'm tired, tired Anybody care what I say? No

# Painting my hair the colour of mud

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Tell me, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Ah, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Outrageous the food they try to serve in the public school

# Outrageous the way they talk to you like some kind of clinical fool

# It's a blessing to rest my head in the circle of your love

# It's outrageous

# I can't stop thinking about the things I'm thinking of

# I'm tired

# 900 sit-ups a day

# I'm painting my hair the colour of mud, mud, OK?

# I'm tired, tired anybody care what I say? NO!

# Painting my hair the colour of mud

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Tell me, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Ah, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# God will

# Like he waters the flowers on the window sill

# Take me

# I'm an ordinary player in the key of C

# And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# God will

# Like he waters the flowers on the window sill

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

# Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone? #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

# I met my old lover on the street last night

# She seemed so glad to see me I just smiled

# And we talked about some old times and drank ourselves some beers

# Still crazy after all these years

# Still crazy after all these years

# I'm not the kind of man who tends to socialise

# I seem to lean on old familiar ways

# And I ain't no fool for love songs that whisper in my ears

# Still crazy after all these years

# Still crazy after all these years

# Four in the morning

# Tapped out and yawning

# Loning my life away

# I'll never worry

# Why should I?

# I know it's all gonna fade

# Now I sit by my window and I watch the cars

# I fear I'll do some damage one fine day

# But I would not be convicted by a jury of my peers

# Still crazy after all these years

# Woah! Still crazy

# Crazy

# Still crazy after all these years. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

-A CAPPELLA: # She's a rich girl

-Mmm

-She don't try to hide it

# She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes

-# He's a poor boy

-Si-bona

-Empty as a pocket

# Empty as a pocket with nothing to lose

-# Sing ta na na

-Ta na na na

# She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes

-# Sing ta na na

-Ta na na na

# She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes

# Mmmm-mmmm

# Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

# Once more, she got diamonds on the soles of her shoes

MUSIC KICKS IN

# People say she's crazy

# She got diamonds on the soles of her shoes

# Well that's one way to lose these walking blues

# Diamonds on the soles of her shoes

# She was physically forgotten

# Then she slipped into my pocket with my car keys

# She said you've taken me for granted

# Because I please you wearing these diamonds

# And I could say oo oo oo

# As if everybody here would know what I was talking about

# As if everybody here knows what I'm talking about

# Talking about diamonds on the soles of her shoes

# She makes the sign of a teaspoon He makes the sign of a wave

# The poor boy changes clothes and puts on aftershave

# To compensate for his ordinary shoes

# To compensate for his ordinary shoes

# And she said

# She said, honey, take me dancing

# But they ended up by sleeping in a doorway

# By the bodegas and the lights on Upper Broadway

# Wearing diamonds on the soles of their shoes

# And I could say oo oo oo

# As if everybody here would know what I was talking about

# As if everybody here knows what I'm talking about

# Talking about diamonds on the soles of her shoes

# People say I'm crazy

# I got diamonds on the soles of my shoes

# Well that's one way to lose these walking blues

# Diamonds on the soles of your shoes

# Diamonds on the soles of her

# Ta na na na na Ta na na na na

# Ta na na na na Ta na na na na

# Ta na na na na Ta na na na na

# Ta na na na na Ta na na na na

# Ta na na na na na na na na na na

# Na na na na na na na na

# Na na na na na na na na

# Na na na na na na na na

# Na na na na na na na na

# Na na na na na na na na Na na na na na na na na

# Ooooo ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo

-# Eeee-ooo-eee-ooo-eee

-Na na na na na na na na

-# Ooooo ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo

-Na na na na na na na na.

-#

DRUM SOLO

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

# If you leap awake

# In the mirror of a bad dream

# And for a fraction of a second

# You can't remember where you are

# Just open your window

# And follow your memory upstream

# To the meadow in the mountain

# Where we counted every falling star

# I believe the light that shines on you

# Will shine on you forever

# And though I can't guarantee

# There's nothing scary hiding under your bed

# I'm gonna stand guard

# Like a postcard of a Golden Retriever

# And never leave till I leave you

# With a sweet dream in your head

# I'm gonna watch you shine

# Gonna watch you grow

# Gonna paint a sign

# So you'll always know

# As long as one and one is two

# Oo-ooo

# There could never be a father

# Who loved his daughter more than I love you

# Trust your intuition

# It's just like going fishing

# You cast your line

# And hope you'll get a bite

# But you don't need to waste your time

# Worrying about the marketplace

# Try to help the human race

# Struggling to survive its harshest night

# I'm gonna watch you shine

# Gonna watch you grow

# Gonna paint a sign

# So you'll always know

# As long as one and one is two

# Oo-ooo

# There could never be a father

# Who loved his daughter more than I love you

# I'm gonna watch you shine

# Gonna watch you grow

# Gonna paint a sign

# So you'll always know

# As long as one and one is two

# Oo-ooo

# There could never be a father

# Who loved his daughter more than I love you. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

-# When I was a little boy

-Was a little boy

-# And the Devil would call my name

-Was a little boy

-# I'd say now who do

-Who do

-Who do you think you're fooling?

# Was a little boy

-# I'm a consecrated boy

-Was a little bo-o-oy

# I'm a singer in a Sunday choir

# My mama loves me, she loves me

-# She get down on her knees and hug me

-Aaaah

# She loves me like a rock

-# She rocks me like the rock of ages And loves me

-Loves me like a rock

-# She love me, love me, love me

-Loves me like a rock

-# When I was grown to be a man

-Grown to be a man

-# And the Devil would call my name

-Grown to be a man

-# I'd say now who do

-Say who

-Who do you think you're fooling?

-Grown to be a man

-# I'm a consummated man

-Grown to be a ma-a-a-n

-# I can snatch a little purity

-Ooooh

# My mama loves me, she loves me

-# She get down on her knees and hug me

-Aaaah

# She loves me like a rock

-# She loves me like the rock of ages

-Love me like a rock

-# She love, love, love me

-Loves me like a rock

-# And if I was the President

-Was the President

-# The minute that Congress called my name

-Was the President

-# I'd say now who do

-Say who

-Who do you think you're fooling?

-Who do you think you're fooling?

-# I've got the Presidential Seal

-Was the president

# I'm up on the Presidential podium

# My mama she loves me, she loves me

# She get down on her knees and oh she loves me like a rock

-# She loves me like the rock of ages

-Love me like a rock

-# Love love love me

-Love me like a rock

# Oooh She loves me like the rock of ages

-# Loves me like a rock

-L-L-L-Loves me

-# Loves me like a rock

-Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

# Loves me like the rock of ages Loves me like a rock

-# She love love love

-Love me like a rock

-# She love love love yeah

-Love me like the rock of ages

# Love me like a rock

# Love me like a rock

-# She love me

-Love me like the rock of ages

# Love me like a rock

-# La la la

-Love me like a rock

-# Woo-woo-woo-woo

-Love me like the rock of ages

-# She just love

-love

-#

-Oooh

-Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

# Of ages. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

# How can you live in the Northeast?

# How can you live in the South?

# How can you build on the banks of a river

# When the floodwater pours from the mouth?

# How can you be a Christian?

# How can you be a Jew?

# How can you be a Muslim a Buddhist, a Hindu?

# How can you?

# We heard the fireworks

# Rushed out to watch the sky

# Happy go lucky

# Fourth of July

# How can you live in the Northeast?

# How can you live in the South?

# How can you build on the banks of a river

# When the floodwater pours from the mouth?

# How can you be a Christian?

# How can you be a Jew?

# How can you be a Muslim a Buddhist, a Hindu?

# How can you?

# Weak as the winter sun we enter life on earth

# Names and religion come just after date of birth

# Then everybody gets a tongue to speak

# And everyone hears an inner voice

# A day at the end of the week to wonder and rejoice

# If the answer is infinite light

# Why do we sleep in the dark?

# How can you live in the Northeast?

# How can you live in the South?

# How can you build on the banks of a river

# When the floodwater pours from the mouth?

# How can you tattoo your body?

# Why do you cover your head?

# How can you eat from a rice bowl

# When the holy man only breaks bread?

# We watched the fireworks

# Till they were fireflies

# Followed a path of stars

# over the endless skies

# How can you live in the Northeast?

# How can you live in the South?

# How can you build on the banks of a river

# When the floodwater pours from the mouth?

# From the mouth

# I've been given all I wanted

# Only three generations off the boat

# I've harvested and I've planted

# I'm wearing my father's old coat. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

# The first thing I remember I was lying in my bed

# I couldn't've been no more than one or two

# And I remember there was a radio coming from the room next door

# My mother laughed the way some ladies do

# She said it's late in the evening

# And the music's seeping through

# The next thing I remember I am walking down a street

# I'm feeling all right I'm with my boys and with my troops, yeah

# Down along the avenue some guys were shootin' pool

# And I heard the sound of acappella groups, yeah

# Singin' late in the evening, and all the girls out on the stoops, yeah

# Well I learned to play some rhythm guitar

# I was underage in this funky bar

# I stepped outside to smoke myself a J

# When I come back to the room everything was zoom, zoom

# I turned my amp up loud Began to play

# It was late in the evening and I blew that room away

# Blew it away

# Blew it away

# First thing I remember when you came into my life

# I said I wanna get that girl no matter what I do

# Well I guess I've been in love before

# Once or twice been on the floor

# I've never loved no-one the way that I love you

# And it's late in the evening

# And all the music's seeping through. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

# I am just a poor boy though my story is seldom told

# I have squandered my resistance

# For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises

# All lies and jest

# Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest

# Mmm-mmm-mmm

# Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm

# When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy

# In the company of strangers

# In the quiet of the railway station runnin' scared

# Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters

# Where the ragged people go

# Lookin' for the places only they would know

# Li-la-li

# La-la-la-la li-la-li

# Li-la-li

# La-la-la-la li-la-li

# Li-la-li

# Asking only workman's wages I come lookin' for a job

# But I get no offers

# Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue

# I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome

# I took some comfort there

# La la la-la-la la-la-la

# Li-la-li

# La-la-la-la li-la-li

# Li-la-li

# La-la-la-la li-la-li

# Li-la-li

# La-la-la-la li-la-li

# Li-la-li

# La-la-la-la li-la-li

# Li-la-li

# And I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone

# Goin' home

# Where the New York City winters aren't bleedin' me

# Leadin' me

# Goin' home

# In the clearing stands a boxer A fighter by his trade

# And he carries the reminders

# Of every glove that laid him down or cut him till he cried out

# In his anger and his shame

# I am leaving, I am leaving

# But the fighter still remains Still remains

# Li-la-li

# La-la-la-la li-la-li

# Li-la-li

# La-la-la-la li-la-li

# La-la-la-li

# La-la-la-la li-la-li

# La-la-la-li

# La-la-la-la li-la-li

# La-la-la-li

# La-la-la-la li-la-li

# Li-la-li

# La-la-la-la li-la-li

# Li-la-li. #

APPLAUSE AND CHEERS

Thank you.

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