You Can Call Me Al

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You Can Call Me Al by Paul Simon

You Can Call Me Al Lyrics

[00:14.90] A man walks down the street
[00:16.75] He says, "Why am I soft in the middle now?
[00:18.82] Why am I soft in the middle?
[00:20.47] The rest of my life is so hard
[00:22.51] I need a photo-opportunity
[00:24.36] I want a shot at redemption
[00:26.08] Don't want to end up a cartoon
[00:28.09] In a cartoon graveyard"
[00:29.57] Bonedigger, Bonedigger
[00:31.70] Dogs in the moonlight
[00:33.24] Far away, my well-lit door
[00:36.41] Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly
[00:39.01] Get these mutts away from me
[00:41.08] You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore
[00:44.30] If you'll be my bodyguard
[00:46.35] I can be your long-lost pal
[00:48.76]
[00:51.75] I can call you Betty
[00:53.55] And Betty, when you call me
[00:55.95] You can call me Al
[00:59.48] A man walks down the street
[01:01.32] He says, "Why am I short of attention?
[01:03.22] Got a short little span of attention
[01:05.13] And whoa, my nights are so long
[01:07.09] Where's my wife and family?
[01:08.93] What if I die here?
[01:10.71] Who'll be my role model?
[01:12.62] Now that my role model is gone, gone"
[01:16.33] He ducked back down the alley
[01:18.08] With some roly-poly, little bat-faced girl
[01:21.27] All along, along
[01:23.55] There were incidents and accidents
[01:25.69] There were hints and allegations
[01:29.33] If you'll be my bodyguard
[01:31.07] I can be your long-lost pal
[01:33.47]
[01:36.26] I can call you Betty
[01:38.55] And Betty, when you call me
[01:41.13] You can call me Al
[01:43.35] Call me Al
[01:45.61]
[02:29.84] A man walks down the street
[02:31.20] It's a street in a strange world
[02:33.26] Maybe it's the Third World
[02:34.97] Maybe it's his first time around
[02:36.91] He doesn't speak the language
[02:38.88] He holds no currency
[02:40.55] He is a foreign man
[02:42.41] He is surrounded by the sound, sound
[02:46.13] Cattle in the marketplace
[02:48.11] Scatterings and orphanages
[02:51.57] He looks around, around
[02:53.59] He sees angels in the architecture
[02:55.79] Spinning in infinity
[02:57.09] He says, "Amen and Hallelujah!"
[02:59.22] If you'll be my bodyguard
[03:00.93] I can be your long-lost pal
[03:03.18]
[03:06.88] I can call you Betty
[03:08.55] And Betty, when you call me
[03:10.54] You can call me Al
[03:13.40] Call me
[03:15.75]
[04:02.99] If you'll be my bodyguard
[04:05.28]
[04:10.42] I can call you Betty
[04:12.73]
[04:17.88] If you'll be my bodyguard
[04:20.18]
[04:25.35] I can call you Betty
[04:27.60]
[04:32.92] If you'll be my bodyguard
[04:33.17]

From the album: Coronation Party