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Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al – 1986

    Paroles

    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 in my well-lit door
    Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly
    Get these mutts away from me
    You know, I don’t find this stuff amusing anymore

    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’ll 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 along, along
    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, you can call me Al
    Call me AlA 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
    Doesn’t speak the language
    He holds no currency
    He is a foreign man
    He is surrounded by the sound, the sound
    Cattle in the marketplace
    Scatterings and orphanages
    He looks around, around
    He sees angels in the architecture
    Spinning in infinity
    He says, « Amen and Hallelujah! »

    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 meNa 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 naIf you’ll be my bodyguard
    I can call you Betty
    If you’ll be my bodyguard
    I can call you Betty
    If you’ll be my bodyguard

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