Simon and Garfunkel - My Little Town

Best Of Simon And Garfunkel / 1999-11-09 1. AMERICA 2. At the Zoo 3. Bookends 4. Bridge Over Troubled Water 5. Cecilia 6. EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD) 7. Fakin' It 8. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her 9. Hazy Shade of Winter 10. Homeward Bound 11. I Am a Rock 12. MRS. ROBINSON 13. My Little Town 14. Old Friends 15. Scarborough Fair/Canticle 16. Song for the Asking 17. The 59th Street Bridge Song 18. The Boxer 19. The Dangling Conversation 20. The Only Living Boy in New York 21. The Sound Of Silence

My Little Town

Words & music by Paul Simon 1975

In my little town
I grew up believ--ing
God keeps His eye on us all
And He used to lean upon me
As I pledged allegiance to the wall
Lord I recall
My little town

Coming home after school
Flying my bike past the gates
Of the factories
My mom doing the laundry
Hanging our shirts
In the dirty breeze

And after it rains
There's a rainbow
And all of the colors are black
It's not that the colors aren't there
It's just imagin-ation they lack
Everything's the same
Back in my little town
Nothing but the dead and dying
Back in my little town
Nothing but the dead and dying
Back in my little town

In my little town
I never meant nothin'
I was just my fathers son
Saving my money
Dreaming of glory
Twitching like a finger
On the trigger of a gun
Leaving nothing but the dead and dying
Back in my little town
Repeat and fade:
Nothing but the dead and dying
Back in my little town