Lyrics You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
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
need
a
photo-opportunity
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
whoa,
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
With
some
roly-poly,
little
bat-faced
girl
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,
sound
Cattle
in
the
marketplace
Scatterings
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
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

1 Something So Right
2 Train In the Distance
3 Take Me to the Mardi Gras
4 Loves Me Like a Rock
5 American Tune
6 Peace Like a River
7 Duncan
8 That Was Your Mother (with Good Rockin' Dopsie & The Twisters)
9 Kodachrome
10 Under African Skies
11 Gone At Last (with Phoebe Snow & The Jessy Dixon Singers)
12 Slip Slidin' Away
13 Hearts and Bones
14 The Late Great Johnny Ace
15 Wartime Prayers
16 The Cool, Cool River
17 Stranded In a Limousine
18 Spirit Voices
19 Quality
20 Outrageous
21 Hurricane Eye
22 Born At the Right Time
23 Adiós Hermanos
24 Born In Puerto Rico
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