Silent Eyes Lyrics

I'm going to make a chicken gumbo Toss some sausage in the pot I'm going to flavor it with okra Cayenne pepper to make it hot You know life is what we make of it So beautiful or so...Read Full Lyrics

Words & music by paul simon Slip slidin' away Slip slidin' away You know the nearer your destination The more you're slip slidin' away I know a man He came from my home town He w...Read Full Lyrics

Soft parachutes Fourth of July Villages burning Returning The bodies all laid in a line Like soft parachutes Last year as a senior In Emerson High school I had me a girlfriend We ...Read Full Lyrics

Words & music by paul simon Some folks' lives roll easy as a breeze Drifting through a summer night Heading for a sunny day But most folks' lives, oh they stumble Lord they fall T...Read Full Lyrics

So long, Frank Lloyd Wright I can't believe your song is gone so soon I barely learned the tune So soon So soon I'll remember Frank Lloyd Wright All of the nights we'd harmonize t...Read Full Lyrics

This is my song for the asking Ask me and I will play So sweetly I'll make you smile Here is my tune for the taking Take it, don't turn away I've been waiting here all my life. .....Read Full Lyrics

Words & music by paul simon You've got the cool water When the fever runs high You've got the look of lovelight in your eyes And I was in crazy motion 'til you calmed me down It t...Read Full Lyrics

If you want to write a song about the moon Walk along the craters of the afternoon When the shadows are deep And the light is alien And gravity leaps like a knife off the pavement ...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 branches with no sparrow’s nest And my blanket of leaves won...Read Full Lyrics

We sailed up a river wide as a sea And slept on the banks On the leaves of a banyan tree And all of these spirit voices rule the night Some stories are magical, meant to be sung S...Read Full Lyrics