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Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times confused
Yes, and often felt forsaken
And certainly misused
But I'm all right, I'm all right
I'm just weary to my bones
Still, you don't expect to be
Bright and bon vivant
So far away from home, so far away from home
And I don't know a soul who's not been battered
I don't have a friend who feels at ease
I don't know a dream that's not been shattered
Or driven to its knees
But it's all right, it's all right
We've lived so well so long
Still, when I think of the road
We're traveling on
I wonder what went wrong
I can't help it, I wonder what went wrong
And I dreamed I was dying
And I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying
And high up above my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I was flying
We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hour
And sing an American tune
But it's all right, it's all right
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's going to be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest
That's all I'm trying to get some rest

gypsyman Jan 19, 2013 - 11:28	[ Reply ]
xkolibuul Jan 19, 2013 - 11:28	joelbb wrote: Paul Simon went all the way back to J. S. Bach to steal this tune. In the end, for all his ability, he's a whiny, musical klepto. And exactly which music is sui generis? [ Reply ]
shellbella Oct 17, 2012 - 09:31	this song makes me cry.... [ Reply ]
joelbb Sep 15, 2012 - 20:09	Paul Simon went all the way back to J. S. Bach to steal this tune. In the end, for all his ability, he's a whiny, musical klepto. [ Reply ]
TimeWaster Feb 07, 2012 - 10:17	Queue wrote: I love S&G, and appreciate the significance of this concert, but I can't stand that "piano" that pervades throughout. Give me the original recordings any day over this Central Park stuff. That's a Fender Rhodes electric piano through a phaser effect. [ Reply ]
(former member) Feb 07, 2012 - 10:14	Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... [ Reply ]
coding_to_music Jan 06, 2012 - 15:09	CMax wrote: One on my favorite concerts. 18 in new york, with new university friends.. getting cozy with the girls on the next blanket over. great memories.. an american moment. Yep — that was me there too, age 18... [ Reply ]
ScottN Nov 04, 2011 - 04:56	I'm generally not a fan of live shows, especially these huge ones. Good tune, but I prefer the studio version. [ Reply ]
MiracleDrug Oct 03, 2011 - 15:16	Simon - Garfunkel = listenable Simon + Garfunkel = The Folksmen (minus one) [ Reply ]
vandal Oct 03, 2011 - 15:15	eswiley2 wrote: Second only to Bridge Over Troubled Water. American Tune isn't even within the same realm of existence as Bridge Over Troubled Water. . . [ Reply ]
bitterdave Oct 03, 2011 - 15:14	Queue wrote: I love S&G, and appreciate the significance of this concert, but I can't stand that "piano" that pervades throughout. Give me the original recordings any day over this Central Park stuff. With the electric piano, think of the concert in central park as the largest Bar Mitzvah ever . . . [ Reply ]
Queue Sep 28, 2011 - 13:59	I love S&G, and appreciate the significance of this concert, but I can't stand that "piano" that pervades throughout. Give me the original recordings any day over this Central Park stuff. [ Reply ]
CMax Sep 02, 2011 - 05:26	One on my favorite concerts. 18 in new york, with new university friends.. getting cozy with the girls on the next blanket over. great memories.. an american moment. [ Reply ]
Cynaera Aug 01, 2011 - 19:33	catnip wrote: I'm not a great one for live versions, but this one does it for me. My sister (hello Fishtank Lady!) and I used to have a cassette version of the Concert in Central Park which we took on holiday with us aged twelve or so, and forced our parents (classical music lovers mostly) to listen to it almost constantly over the course of a two-week car tour of south-western France. I am surprised that they still talk to us, and I'm also surprised that I can still listen to it, but the first thing my sister and I did before going on a road trip in southern Spain more than twenty-five years later was stop by the record shop and pick up a CD copy. Worth every centimo (even if I still have the cassettes). Still sends shivers down the spine... Thanks for sharing this lovely memory! It made me grin, and also gave me a new appreciation for Simon and Garfunkel, because some of their music can still give me shivers, too - in the best possible way... to a "kindred spirit." [ Reply ]
(former member) Aug 01, 2011 - 19:29	daisymaybee wrote: One of my very, very favorites! Yes, this song is a contender... from one of America's greatest musical poets... and this concert was poignant... [ Reply ]
daisymaybee Jul 01, 2011 - 10:23	One of my very, very favorites! [ Reply ]
eswiley2 Jul 01, 2011 - 10:22	Second only to Bridge Over Troubled Water. [ Reply ]
Ahnyer_Keester Apr 29, 2011 - 05:59	"Words by Paul Simon music by JS Bach" I thought I recognized that tune. O Sacred Head Now Wounded. "Passion Chorale, Hans L. Hassler, Lustgarten neuer teutscher Gesäng, 1601; harmony by Johann S. Bach, 1729." [ Reply ]
Alexandra Apr 29, 2011 - 05:58	TanteJensen wrote: Ok, this is being very smartassy, BUT the church song (by Paul Gerhardt) is a cover as well. The original melody and text were written bei Hans Leo Haßler around 1600, and it was a love song: "Mein G'müt ist mir verwirret, das macht ein Jungfrau zart" ("Dazed and confused, and the reason is a girl" roughly). Cool! Many hymns are borrowed from an older traditional melody. [ Reply ]
ploba Feb 25, 2011 - 04:27	beautiful melody, beautiful song [ Reply ]