Simon & Garfunkel - Richard Cory Lyrics

Lyrics Richard Cory - Simon & Garfunkel




They say that Richard Cory owns one half of this whole town
With political connections to spread his wealth around
Born into society, a banker's only child
He had everything a man could want, power, grace and style
But I work in his factory
And I curse the life I'm living
And I curse my poverty
And I wish that I could be
Oh, I wish that I could be
Oh, I wish that I could be Richard Cory
The papers print his pictures almost everywhere he goes
Richard Cory at the opera, Richard Cory at a show
And the rumor of his parties and the orgies on his yacht
Oh, he surely must be happy with everything he's got
But I, I work in his factory
And I curse the life I'm living
And I curse my poverty
And I wish that I could be
Oh, I wish that I could be
Oh, I wish that I could be Richard Cory
He freely gave to charity, he had the common touch
And they were grateful for his patronage, and they thanked him very much
So my mind was filled with wonder when the evening headlines read
"Richard Cory went home last night and put a bullet through his head"
But I, I work in his factory
And I curse the life I'm living
And I curse my poverty
And I wish that I could be
Oh, I wish that I could be
Oh, I wish that I could be Richard Cory



Writer(s): PAUL SIMON


Simon & Garfunkel - The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
Album The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
date of release
14-10-2003

1 Overs (Live)
2 He Was My Brother
3 Bleecker Street
4 Richard Cory
5 Old Friends
6 A Hazy Shade of Winter
7 Bookends Theme
8 At the Zoo
9 I Am a Rock
10 Kathy's Song (Live)
11 Leaves That Are Green (Live)
12 Sparrow (Live)
13 Blessed (Live)
14 A Church Is Burning (Live)
15 Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. (Live)
16 Keep the Customer Satisfied
17 Cecilia
18 Bye Bye Love
19 America
20 Cloudy
21 The Boxer
22 The Sound of Silence
23 My Little Town
24 The Only Living Boy in New York
25 Scarborough Fair / Canticle
26 Baby Driver
27 Homeward Bound
28 El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
29 The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
30 Fakin' It
31 Punky's Dilemma
32 Mrs. Robinson
33 Bridge Over Troubled Water
34 So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
35 A Most Peculiar Man (Live)
36 The Dangling Conversation
37 A Poem On the Underground Wall (Live)
38 Blues Run the Game
39 Overs (Live)
40 Song for the Asking
41 For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (Live)




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