Lyrics Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al
Text:
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 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, woe 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
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, the sound
Cattle in the marketplace
Scatter-lings 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
Call me
Na na na na …
If you’ll be my bodyguard
I can call you Betty
If you’ll be my bodyguard
I can call you Betty
If you’ll be my bodyguard …
Album
Kierra "Kiki" Sheard – Graceland
