• Song:

    A Poem Of Underground Wall

  • Artist:

    Paul Simon

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The last train is nearly due,  
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The underground is closing soon,  
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And in the dark deserted station  
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Restless in anticipation,  
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A man waits in the shadows.  
 
 
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His restless eyes leap and scratch,  
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At all that they can touch or catch,  
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And hidden deep within his pocket,  
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Safe within his silent socket,  
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He holds a colored crayon.  
 
 
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Now from the tunnel's stony womb,  
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The carriage rides to meet the groom ,  
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And opens wide and welcome doors,  
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But he hesitates, then withdraws  
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Deeper in the shadows.  
 
 
                                    
And the train is gone suddenly  
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On wheels clicking silently  
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Like a gently tapping lita-ny,  
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And he holds his crayon rosary  
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Tighter in his hand.  
 
 
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Now from his pocket quick he flashes  
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The crayon on the wall he slashes,  
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Deep upon the advertising,  
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A single worded poem comprised  
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Of four letters.  
 
 
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And his heart is laughing, screaming, pounding,  
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The poem across the tracks rebounding  
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Shadowed by the exit light  
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His legs take their ascending flight  
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To seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night.
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