AMERICAN TUNE Words & music by Paul Simon 1973


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    Many's the time I've been mistaken

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And many times confused

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Yes, and I've often felt forsaken

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And  certainly misused

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   Oh, but I'm alright, I'm alright

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I'm just weary to my    bones

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   Still, you don't expect to be

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Bright and bon vivant

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So far a-way from home,   so far away from home


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I don't know a soul who's not been battered

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I don't have a friend who feels at ease

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I don't know a dream that's not been shattered

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or   driven to its knees

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Oh, but it's alright, it's alright

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for we lived so well so    long

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   Still, when I think of the 

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road we're traveling on

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I wonder what's gone wrong

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I can't help it, I wonder  what's gone wrong


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 And I dreamed I was dying

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 I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly

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      And looking back down at me

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  Smiled reassuringly

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 And I dreamed I was flying

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 And high up above my eyes could clearly see

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      The Statue of Liberty

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  Sailing away to sea

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 And I dreamed I was flying


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We come on the ship they call the Mayflower

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  We come on the ship that sailed the moon

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We come in the a-ge's most uncertain hours

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and  sing an American tune

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Oh, and it's alright, it's alright, it's alright

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You can't be forever blessed

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   Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day

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And I'm trying to get some rest

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   That's all I'm trying  to get some rest