Old Friends, Bookends Theme Lyrics

A winter's dayIn a deep and darkDecemberI am aloneGazing from my window to the streets belowOn a freshly fallen silent shroud of snowI am a rockI am an islandI've built wallsA fort...Read Full Lyrics

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snailYes I would, if I could, I surely wouldI'd rather be a hammer than a nailYes I would, if I only could, I surely wouldAway, I'd rather sail awayL...Read Full Lyrics

It was in the merry month of MayWhen green bugs were a-swellingSweet William on his death bed layFor the love of BarbriallenHe sent his servant to the townThe place where she'd bee...Read Full Lyrics

The night sets softlyWith the hush of falling leavesCasting shivering shadowsOn the houses through the treesAnd the light from a street lampPaints a pattern on my wallLike the piec...Read Full Lyrics

Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes togetherI've got some real estate here in my bagSo we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's piesAnd we walked off to look for Ame...Read Full Lyrics

When you're weary, feeling smallWhen tears are in your eyesI will dry them allI'm on your sideOh when times get roughAnd friends just can't be foundLike a bridge over troubled wate...Read Full Lyrics

Chorus:(Oh) Maybellene, why can't you be true, whoah Maybellene, why can't you be trueYou're not startin' right, doin' those things you used to doAs I was motivatin over the hill, ...Read Full Lyrics

Gee but it's great to be back homeHome is where I want to be.I've been on the road so long my friend,And if you came alongI know you couldn't disagree.It's the same old story, yeah...Read Full Lyrics

Who will love a little sparrow?Who's traveled far and cries for rest?"Not I," said the oak tree"I won't share my branchesWith no sparrow's nestAnd my blanket of leavesWon't warm he...Read Full Lyrics

I am just a poor boyThough my story's seldom toldI have squandered my resistanceFor a pocket full of mumbles, such are promisesAll lies and jestsStill a man hears what he wants to ...Read Full Lyrics