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Simon and Garfunkel : Misc

  1. A Church Is Burning
  2. Blues Run The Game
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  3. Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
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  4. The Rose Of Aberdeen
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  5. The Side Of A Hill
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  6. That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine

A Church Is Burning

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A church is burning, the flames rise higher
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Like hands that are praying a-glow in the sky
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Like hands that are praying the fire is saying
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"You can burn down my churches, but I shall be free"
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Three hooded men through the backroads did creep
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Torches in their hands while the village lies asleep
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Down to the church where just hours before
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Voices were singing and hands were beating
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And saying, "I won't be a slave anymore" A church is burning, the flames rise higher Like hands that are praying a-glow in the sky Like hands that are praying the fire is saying "You can burn down my churches, but I shall be free" Three hooded men, their hands lit the spark Then they faded in the night and they vanished in the dark And in the cool light of morning there's nothing that remains But the ashes of a bible and a can of kerosene A church is burning, the flames rise higher Like hands that are praying a-glow in the sky Like hands that are praying the fire is saying "You can burn down my churches, but I shall be free" A church is more than just timber and stone And freedom is a dark road when you're walking it alone But the future is now and it's time to take a stand So the lost bells of freedom can ring out in my land A church is burning, the flames rise higher Like hands that are praying a-glow in the sky Like hands that are praying the fire is saying "You can burn down my churches, but I shall be free"

Blues Run The Game

<Jackson C. Frank>
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Catch a boat to England baby Maybe to Spain Wherever I have gone Wherever I've been and gone Wherever I have gone
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The blues run the game Send out for whiskey, baby Send out for gin Me and room service, honey Me and room service, babe Me and room service For we're livin' the life of sin When I ain't drinkin', baby You are on my mind When I ain't sleepin', honey When I ain't sleepin', babe When I ain't sleepin', well You know you'll find me crying |
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| Living is a gamble, baby Loving's much the same Wherever I have played Wherever I've thrown those dice Wherever I have played The blues run the game Maybe when I'm older, baby Someplace down the line I'll wake up older So much older, mama Wake up older and I'll just stop all my tryin' |
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| Catch a boat to England baby Maybe to Spain Wherever I have gone Wherever I've been and gone Wherever I have gone The blues are all the same |
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Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound

<Tom Paxton>
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It's a hot and dusty road
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A hard and a heavy load
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And the people that I meet ain't always kind Some are bad, some are good Some have done the best they could Some have tried to ease my troublin' mind
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And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound
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Where I'm bound
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Can't help but wonder where I'm bound |
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| I have travelled this whole land I have done the best I can Tryin' to find what I was meant to do And the faces that I see Look as worried as can be And it seems like they are wonderin' too And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound... I had a little girl one time She had lips like cherry wine And she loved me 'til my mind went plum insane But I was too blind to see She was driftin' away from me And she left one day on the morning train And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound... I had a buddy way back home But he started out to roam And I believe he's down by Frisco bay And sometimes when I've had a few His voice comes ringin' through And I'm going back to see him some ol' day And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound... Hey if you see me passin' by And you stop and wonder why And you think you'd like to be a rambler too Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor Take the key and lock the door Thank the stars for the roof that's over you And I can't help but wonder where I'm bound...

The Rose Of Aberdeen

<Trad; Roud 414>
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I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler
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I'm a long way from my home
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If you people don't like me
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I can make out on my own
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'Cause it's dark, and it's rainin'
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And the moon gives no light
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And my pony can hardly travel
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On this darkened road at night You know once I had a true love Lord, her age was just sixteen She was the flower of Belton And the rose of Aberdeen But her parents did not like me And now she feels much the same If I'm writ on your diary Well, blot out my name 'Cause there's changes in the ocean And there's changes in the sea And there's changes in my own true love But there ain't no change in me |
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The Side Of A Hill

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On the side of a hill
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In a land called "somewhere"
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A little boy lies asleep in the earth
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While down in the valley
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A cruel war rages
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And people forget what a child's life is worth
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On the side of a hill
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A little cloud weeps
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And waters the grave with its silent tears
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While a soldier cleans
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And polishes a gun
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That ended a life at the age of seven years
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And the war rages on
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In a land called "somewhere"
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And generals order their men to kill
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And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten
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While a little cloud weeps
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| On the side of a hill

That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine

<Gene Autry>
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In a vine covered shack in the mountains
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Bravely fighting the battle of time
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Lives a dear one who's weathered life's sorrows
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It's that silver haired daddy of mine
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If I could recall all heartaches
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Dear old daddy I caused you to bare
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If I could erase those lines from your face
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And bring back the gold to your hair If God would but grant me the power Just to turn back the pages of time I'd give all I own if I could but atone To that silver haired daddy of mine But I know it's too late, dear old daddy To repay all the sorrow and pain But Dear Mother is waiting in Heaven Just to comfort and solace you there If I could recall heartaches Dear old daddy I caused you to bare If I could erase those lines from your face And bring back the gold to your hair If God would but grant me the power Just to turn back the pages of time I'd give all I own if I could but atone To that silver haired daddy of mine