Álbum Surprise de Paul Simon - Canciones

Surprise

Listado de canciones del álbum Surprise

  1. How Can You Live In The Northeast? 3:42
  2. Everything About It Is A Love SongVer letra 3:57

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    letra de Everything About It Is A Love Song

    Locked in a struggle for the right combination -

    Of words in a melody line,

    I took a walk along the riverbank of my imagination.

    Golden clouds were shuffling the sunshine.



    But if I ever get back to the twentieth century,

    Guess I'll have to pay off some debts.

    Open the book of my vanishing memory,

    With its catalogue of regrets.

    Stand up for the deeds I did, and those I didn't do.

    Sit down, shut up, think about God,

    And wait for the hour of my rescue.



    We don't mean to mess things up,

    But mess them up we do.

    And then it's "Oh, I'm sorry."

    Here's a smiling photograph

    Of love when it was new.

    At a birthday party.

    Make a wish and close your eyes:

    Surprise, surprise, surprise.



    Early December, and brown as a sparrow,

    Frost creeping over the pond.

    I shoot a thought into the future,

    And it flies like an arrow, through my liftime.

    And beyond.

    If I ever come back as a tree, or a crow,

    Or even the wind-blown dust;

    Find me on the ancient road

    In the song when the wires are hushed.

    Hurry on and remember me,

    As I'll remember you.

    Far above the golden clouds,

    The darkness vibrates.

    The earth is blue.



    And everything about it is a love song.

    Everything about it.

    Everything about it is a love song.

    Everything about it.

    Everything about it is a love song.

    Músicos invitados: Bill Frisell (Electric Guitar)
  3. OutrageousVer letra 3:24

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    letra de Outrageous

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

    Outrageous the crime 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?



    It's 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



    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?

    Tell me, 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?

    Composición: Brian Eno
  4. Sure Don't Feel Like Love 3:57
  5. Wartime PrayersVer letra 4:49

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    letra de Wartime Prayers

    Prayers offered in times of peace are silent conversations,

    Appeals for love or loves release, in private invocations.



    But all that is changed now,

    Gone like a memory from the day before the fires.

    People hungry for the voice of God

    Hear lunatics and liars



    Wartime prayers, wartime prayers

    In every language spoken,

    For every family scattered and broken.



    Because you cannot walk with the holy,

    If you're just a halfway decent man.

    But I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind

    With a genious marketing plan.



    I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,

    Even a little drop would do.

    I want to rid my heart of envy

    And cleanse my soul of rage

    Before I feel.



    Times are hard, hard times,

    But everybody knows all about hard times.

    The thing is, what are you gonna do?

    Will you cry?

    And try to muscle through?

    And try to rearrange your stuff?

    But when the wounds are deep enough,

    And it's all that we can bear,

    We wrap ourselves in prayer.



    Because you cannot walk with the holy,

    If you're just a halfway decent man.

    But I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind

    With a genious marketing plan.



    I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,

    Even a little drop would do.

    I want to rid my heart of envy

    And cleanse my soul of rage

    Before I'm through.



    A mother murmurs in twilight sleep

    And draws her babies closer.

    With hush-a-bies for sleepy eyes,

    And kisses on the shoulder.

    To drive away despair

    She sends a wartime prayer.

    Músicos invitados: The Jessy Dixon Singers (Choir), Gil Goldstein (Keyboards), Herbie Hancock (Piano)
  6. BeautifulVer letra 3:07

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    letra de Beautiful

    Snowman sittin' in the sun

    Doesn't have time to waste.

    He had a little bit too much fun,

    Now his head's erased.



    Back in the house,

    Family of three:

    Two doin' the laundry

    And one in the nursery.



    We brought brand new baby

    Back from Bangladesh,

    Thought we'd name her Emily.



    She's beautiful, beautiful.

    Beautiful, beautiful.



    Yes sir, head's erased,

    Brain's a bowl of jelly.

    Hasn't hurt his sense of taste,

    Judging from his belly.



    But back in the house,

    Family of four now:

    Two doing the laundry,

    And two on the kitchen floor.



    We brought a brand new baby back

    From mainland China,

    Sailed across the China Sea.



    She's beautiful, beautiful.

    Beautiful, beautiful.



    Go-kart sittin' in the shade:

    You don't need a ticket to ride,

    It's summertime, summertime,

    Slip down a water slide.



    Little kid dancin' in the grass,

    Legs like rubber band.

    It's summertime, summertime.

    There's a line at the candy stand.



    Keep and eye on them children,

    Eye on them children in the pool.

    You'd better,

    Keep and eye on them children,

    Eye on them children in the pool.



    We brought a brand new baby

    Back from Kosovo.

    That was nearly seven years ago.

    He cried all night.

    Could not sleep.

    His eyes were bright,

    Dark and deep.



    Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

  7. I Don't Believe 4:09
    Músicos invitados: Gil Goldstein (Harmonium)
  8. Another GalaxyVer letra 5:22

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    letra de Another Galaxy

    On the morning of her wedding day

    When no one was awake

    She drove across the border

    Leaving all the yellow roses on her wedding cake

    Her mother's tears, her breakfast order



    She's gone, gone, gone



    There is a moment, a chip in time

    When leaving home is the lesser crime

    When your eyes are blind with tears

    But your heart can see

    Another life, another galaxy



    That night her dreams are storm-tossed as a willow

    She hears the clouds

    She sees the eye of a hurricane

    As it sweeps across her island pillow



    But she's gone, gone, gone



    There is a moment, a chip in time

    When leaving home is the lesser crime

    When your eyes are blind with tears

    But your heart can see

    Another life, another galaxy

    Composición: Brian Eno
  9. Once Upon A Time There Was An OceanVer letra 3:55

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    letra de Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean

    Once upon a time there was an ocean

    But now it's a mountain range

    Something unstoppable set into motion

    Nothing is different, but everything's changed



    It's a dead end job, and you gets tired of sittin'

    And it's like a nicotine habit you're always thinking about quittin'

    I think about quittin' every day of the week

    When I look out my window it's brown and it's bleak



    Outta here

    How am I gonna get outta here?

    I'm thinking outta here

    When am I gonna get outta here?

    And when will I cash in my lottery ticket

    And bury my past with my burdens and strife?

    I want to shake every limb in the garden of Eden

    And make every love the love of my life



    I figure that once upon a time I was an ocean

    But now I'm a mountain range

    Something unstoppable set into motion

    Nothing is different, but everything's changed



    Found a room in the heart of the city, down by the bridge

    Hot plate and TV and beer in the fridge

    But I'm easy, I'm open, that's my gift

    I can flow with the traffic, I can drift with the drift

    Home again?

    Naw, never going home again

    Think about home again?

    I never think about home



    But then comes a letter from home

    The handwriting's fragile and strange

    Something unstoppable set into motion

    Nothing is different, but everything's changed



    The light through the stained glass was cobalt and red

    And the frayed cuffs and collars were mended by haloes of golden thread

    The choir sang, "Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean"

    And all the old hymns and family names came fluttering down as leaves of emotion



    As nothing is different, but everything's changed

    Composición: Brian EnoMúsicos invitados: Jamey Haddad (Percussion)
  10. That's Me 4:42
  11. Father And DaughterVer letra 4:11

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    letra de Father And Daughter

    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 a 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 'til I leave you with a sweet dream in your head



    [Chorus:]

    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

    There could never be a father

    Who loved his daughter more than I love you



    Trust your intuition

    It's just like goin' fishin'

    You cast your line and hope you get a bite

    But you don't need to waste your time

    Worryin' about the market place

    Try to help the human race

    Struggling to survive its harshest night



    [Chorus 2x]

    Músicos invitados: Vincent Nguini (Rhythm Guitar), Adrian Simon (Vocals [Additional])

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