J'écoute ! ça me redonne un peu la pêche et je ne sais pas pourquoi me fais sourire... Moi qui sourit peu...
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, 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 Al ...... - A 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. - He doesn't speak the language, - He holds no currency. - He is a foreign man, - He is surrounded by the sound, sound .... - Cattle in the marketplace. - Scatterlings 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! - You can call me Al ......
Paul Simon - "You can call me Al !" - album : "Graceland" - 1986
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