Words & music By Paul Simon 1981


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  If you want to write a song about the moon

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   Walk along the craters of the afternoon

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  When the shadows are deep

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And the light is alien

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   And gravity leaps like a knife off the pavement

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And you want to write a song about the moon

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      You want to write a spiritual tune

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     Then nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, 

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Yeah,  yeah,      presto

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       Song about the moon

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  If you want to write a song about the heart

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   Think about the moon before you start

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  'cause the heart will howl Like a dog in the moonlight

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   And the heart can explode like a pistol on a June night

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So if you want to write a song about the heart

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And its ever longing for a counterpart


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     Then nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, 

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Yeah,  yeah,      

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   Write a song about the moon


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    The laughing boy

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He laughed so hard

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He fell down from his place

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    The laughing girl

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She laughed so hard

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The tears rolled   down her face, whoa


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Hey Songwriter

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  If you want to write a song about a face

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  Think about a photograph

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That you really can't remember But you can't erase

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  Wash your hands in dreams and lightning

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   Cut off your hair and whatever is frightening

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If you want to write a song About a face

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If you want to write a song about the human race


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     Then nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, 

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Yeah,  yeah,      

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   Write a song about the moon

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   Oh,     if you want to write a song about the moon

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      You want to write a spirituaI tune

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nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, 

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Yeah,  yeah, yeah,      yeah     

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Then do it

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Write a song about the moon 

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