It's as if they fore fathers and they traded for peace They can lick the wound slow like they from the Northeast They resisting going easy, banking on the hearsay But they all know the man with the co-pay Hitched up in the mid they get the high to low rap, it's a tight rope 'til the rope go slack It'll blow your mind but it don't get you around I ain't messin’ around I ain't messin’ around

So I got my gold parachute tell my Ma I left town With my chloroform I'm in the Monet, phone it in Take a long ride down a narrow drive and you can bed down here Then come and jump me now May I Esther will you reach for the money So I don't sell the van, can't find rye, can't find mine, C.A.T.S. got nine times So let the Boochie on the record and you got him on the Messin’ around He only messin’ around

So can we do a re-vote backed by a hard earned job Those hard-to-get-to things abound As if I don't think think thinkin’ I been sippin’ on the worm We was lookin' from the town lookout And say preach buy them treats and does God he pray Father told ‘em pick 'em off the fallen tree But Father pick 'em off the Tyvek So we get caught up on the mountain, still no paycheck To be found I ain't messin’ around Are you sorted Are you sound, are you sound, are you sound Are you sorted

I stick loneliness your lips and the two coins of your eyes into my pockets ya well the train skates into Port Henry a late sunday sometimes when I'm riding high feeling fine

you know there's something troubling me troubling my mind so I reach into my pocket for some small change I reach into my pocket for some small change ya I want bones like iron blood like mercury so I can tell you when I'm rising and when I'm sinking

I’m sinking in

I reach into my pocket for some small change

I reach into my pocket for some small change ya we're gonna take it to the people ya hey let's drink from the cup share some luck go ahead and laugh cause it don't cost much

no no it don’t don’t cost much I stick loneliness your lips and the two coins of your eyes into my pockets

When he was born The doc said, “What's this? He's much too small It's like he's weightless”

When he turned 6 They ran some tests They said it's for science It's patriotic

Oh let's send him where no one else has gone After all he cannot speak or walk Let's send him at the moon He'll do circles around the sun

When he was 12 The time had come then And with his eyes He said he loved them

In came the suits In came the government She stood and cried She could not keep him

Oh let's send him where no one else has gone After all he cannot speak or walk Let's send him at the moon Do circles around the sun

Well he came back, yeah he came back He came back with a smile as big as the whole world The doctors were shocked by his vital signs She said, “Would you like to come home now?”

Oh let's send him where no one else has gone After all he cannot speak or walk Let's send him at the moon Do circles around the sun

You warn me and keep me here You call us close to dispel your fear You painted the color of peace with your hands

As the water flows north by west they come moving Raising up their hands, as the thunder calls We'll come to the straightest tree

What flag are you flying? (I have seen your kind for miles)

Great Father in the East says we'll need Only wide like our wagon wheels Only as long as the day holds a blessing will we pass And not be back... He offers to us our own hands Painted lines upon our land Dog Soldiers don't ignite the land

What flag are you flying? (I have seen your kind for miles) White flag are you flying? (I have seen your kind for miles)

Oh we huddle to the tree And hold it with both hands At the center we will be together as one we will stand Frozen tears, frozen tears may raven truth of frozen tears remain

What flag are you flying? (I have seen your kind for miles) White flag are you flying? (I have seen your kind for miles)

I still stand I hold them up I still stand I hold you up I still stand To hold you up

she woke me up with the bang bang looking over crossed eyed
had a big hunch that the world was a big lie
when I got up all the blood to my head
I got so dizzy fell back into my bed
I went over to the wayside looking for the high tide
what will I find will I find will I find find
all I saw was a man that had a hat that had a pompom
he’s been there for years can someone tell me how long
wake up to tell me wake up to show me what I could not find
wake up to tell me wake up to show me what I could not
ya see this woman woke me up at a quarter to three
and I didn't know it then but she put a spell on me
she said I had to go down to where the cliffs meet the sea
and meet and old man to present my plea
so I headed way down to that big pier to wait and confront my big fear
I wheeled around behind to my blind side
to find an old man with a lime and a kind eye
said mister mister with your beard so long
won't you be a saint tell me just where I'm going
he pointed to a conch shell and then to the lime and said this is all I really need to get by
wake up to tell me wake up to show me what I could not find
hey hey mister man I know ya don't know who ya think I think I am
but I can safely say that I should of been sleeping
been sleeping been sleeping been sleeping the day away
hey hey I said excuse me have you got the time
he shrugged his shoulders said get a spine
coconut hit me on the head jonesing for a fig
I got booked last night I need another fix dig
yeah just then I see a twinkle twinkle in the old man's eye
and a wave tossed bottle is thrown to the sky
I caught it on the rebound and landed with a soft sound
I took out the message and put the bottle down
inside was the antidote to the spell
I read it to the man 'cause he couldn't read so well
said don't worry about a thing ya know your path is true
just ease your mind have a banana or two
well goodness goodness whoa is me
the man nearly flipped to learn he was free
but just before we left he started kicking it
I picked up the bottle and star sixed it
kick kick shuffle shuffle back to the beach
with a tune on my lips and my quest in reach
that woman come to see you with her song so sweet
say damn let the poor sucker sleep let him sleep
wake up to tell me wake up to show me what I could not find

Kind fall we’ve had enough Don’t really wanna hold much longer Silver sun I feel your love Very soon we will ride

So get ready boy because here I go I’ve been waiting my whole life just to let it roll And I bank to the right and away I fly

Back to the ground we came from hey back to the ground we fall

Caught the rain with your all alone The milkweed and the green below us It’s early yet but wind is strong And there’s a world on it’s way

So get ready boy because here I go I’ve been waiting my whole life just to let it roll And I bank to the right and away I fly

Hey back to the ground we came from hey back to the ground we fall Aim back to the ground we came from and back to the ground we fall

So get ready boy because here I go I been waiting my whole life just to let it go And I bank to the right and away I fly

Back to the ground we came from hey back to the ground we fall Back to the ground we came from aim back to the ground we fall

there was a decorated general with a heart of gold

that likened him to all the stories he told of past battles won and lost and legends of old a seasoned veteran in his own time on the battlefield he gained respectful fame

with many metals of bravery and stripes to his name he grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face and always urged his men on but on the eve of a great battle with the infantry in dream the old general tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning he awoke from the night just to tell what he had seen and walked slowly out of his tent all the men held tall with their chests in the air

with courage in their blood and a fire in their stare it was a grey morning and they all wondered how they would fare til the old general told them to go home I have seen the others and I have discovered that this fight is not worth fighting I have seen their mothers and I will no other to follow me where I'm going take a shower shine your shoes you got no time to lose you are young men you must be living go now you are forgiven but the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders

not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders the general said he would do his own duty bout would not extend it not further the men could go as they pleased not a man moved their eyes glazed straight ahead

til one by one they stepped back and not a word was said and the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head he then prepared to fight I have seen the others and I have discovered that this fight is not worth fighting I have seen their mothers and I will no other to follow me where I'm going take a shower shine your shoes you got no time to lose you are young men you must be living go now you are forgiven ya got to be got to got be to got to be hey

(Paul Simon Cover)