Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al (Guitar)

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A man walks down the street,

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he says why am I soft in the middle now,

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why am I soft in the middle,

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the rest of my life is so hard,

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I need a photo-opportunity,

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I want a shot at redemption,

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dont want to end up a cartoon,

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in a cartoon graveyard,

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bonedigger, bonedigger,

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dogs in the moonlight,

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far away my well-lit door,

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Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly,

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get these mutts away from me,

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you know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.

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If youll be my bodyguard

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I can be your long lost pal,

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I can call you Betty,

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and Betty when you call me

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you can call me Al.

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A man walks down the street,

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he says why am I short of attention,

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got a short little span of attention,

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and wo my nights are so long,

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wheres my wife and family,

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what if I die here,

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wholl be my role-model,

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now that my role-model is

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gone, gone,

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he ducked back down the alley

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with some roly-poly little bat-faced girl,

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all along, along

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there were incidents and accidents,

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there were hints and allegations.

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If youll be my bodyguard

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I can be your long lost pal,

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I can call you Betty,

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and Betty when you call me

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you can call me  Al.

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call me Al.

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A man walks down the street,

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its a street in a strange world,

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maybe its the Third World,

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maybe its his first time around,

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he doesnt speak the language,

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he holds no currency,

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he is a foreign man,

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he is surrounded by

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the sound, the sound,

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cattle in the marketplace,

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scatterlings and orphanages,

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he looks around, around,

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he sees angels in the architecture,

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spinning in infinity,

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he says Amen and Hallelujah!

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If youll be my bodyguard

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I can be your long lost pal,

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I can call you Betty,

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and Betty when you call me

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you can call me Al.