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You Can Call Me Al

You Can Call Me Al

Album:GracelandGraceland
Year: 1986
Duration: 4:40
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[00:15.36] A man walks down the street
[00:16.87] He says, "Why am I soft in the middle now?
[00:18.97] Why am I soft in the middle?
[00:20.72] The rest of my life is so hard
[00:22.81] I need a photo-opportunity
[00:24.15] I want a shot at redemption
[00:26.24] Don't want to end up a cartoon
[00:28.18] In a cartoon graveyard"
[00:29.95] Bonedigger, Bonedigger
[00:31.89] Dogs in the moonlight
[00:33.62] Far away, my well-lit door
[00:36.78] Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly
[00:39.03] Get these mutts away from me
[00:40.88] You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore
[00:44.75] If you'll be my bodyguard
[00:46.53] I can be your long-lost pal
[00:48.94] 
[00:52.47] I can call you Betty
[00:53.97] And Betty, when you call me
[00:55.85] You can call me Al
[00:59.96] A man walks down the street
[01:01.56] He says, "Why am I short of attention?
[01:03.55] Got a short little span of attention
[01:05.56] And whoa, my nights are so long
[01:07.42] Where's my wife and family?
[01:09.19] What if I die here?
[01:11.03] Who'll be my role model?
[01:12.95] Now that my role model is gone, gone"
[01:16.24] He ducked back down the alley
[01:18.08] With some roly-poly, little bat-faced girl
[01:21.23] All along, along
[01:23.72] There were incidents and accidents
[01:25.54] There were hints and allegations
[01:29.00] If you'll be my bodyguard
[01:31.88] I can be your long-lost pal
[01:34.28] 
[01:37.27] I can call you Betty
[01:38.82] And Betty, when you call me
[01:40.63] You can call me Al
[01:44.02] Call me Al
[01:46.28] 
[02:29.91] A man walks down the street
[02:31.69] It's a street in a strange world
[02:33.41] Maybe it's the Third World
[02:35.33] Maybe it's his first time around
[02:37.28] He doesn't speak the language
[02:38.95] He holds no currency
[02:40.82] He is a foreign man
[02:42.62] He is surrounded by the sound, sound
[02:46.48] Cattle in the marketplace
[02:48.39] Scatterings and orphanages
[02:51.40] He looks around, around
[02:53.63] He sees angels in the architecture
[02:55.96] Spinning in infinity
[02:57.66] He says, "Amen and Hallelujah!"
[02:59.69] If you'll be my bodyguard
[03:01.22] I can be your long-lost pal
[03:03.47] 
[03:07.08] I can call you Betty
[03:08.68] And Betty, when you call me
[03:10.76] You can call me Al
[03:13.83] Call me
[03:16.18] 
[04:03.53] If you'll be my bodyguard
[04:05.82] 
[04:10.74] I can call you Betty
[04:13.05] 
[04:18.27] If you'll be my bodyguard
[04:20.57] 
[04:25.26] I can call you Betty
[04:27.51] 
[04:32.99] If you'll be my bodyguard
[04:33.24] 

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About Paul Simon

🇺🇸United States·singer songwriter, folk
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for his solo work and his collaborations with Art Garfunkel. He and Garfunkel, whom he met in elementary school in 1953, came to prominence in the 1960s as Simon & Garfunkel. Their blend of folk and rock, including hits such as "The Sound of Silence" (1965), "Mrs. Robinson" (1968), "America" (1968), and "The Boxer" (1969), served as a soundtrack to the 1960s counterculture. Their final album, Bridg...
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