Paul Simon - America

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"Let us be lovers we`ll marry our fortunes together."
"I`ve got some real estate here in my bag."
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America.
"Kathy," I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I`ve come to look for America."

Laughing on the bus;
Playing games with the faces;
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy;
I said "Be careful his bowtie is really a camera."

"Toss me a cigarette, I think there`s one in my raincoat."
"We smoked the last one an hour ago."
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field.

"Kathy, I`m lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping.
"I`m empty and aching and I don`t know why."
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike:
They`ve all come to look for America
All come to look for America
All come to look for America

Release History

1981

Collected Works

1. I Am A Rock
2. Leaves That Are Green
3. A Church Is Burning
4. April Come She Will
5. The Sound of Silence (4:27)
6. A Most Peculiar Man
7. He Was My Brother
8. Kathy's Song
9. The Side of a Hill
10. A Simple Desultory Philippic
11. Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
12. Patterns
13. Mother and Child Reunion (4:00)
14. Duncan (5:11)
15. Everything Put Together Falls Apart (1:59)
16. Run That Body Down (3:52)
17. Armistice Day (3:55)
18. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (2:47)
19. Peace Like a River (3:20)
20. Papa Hobo (2:34)
21. Hobo's Blues (1:21)
22. Paranoia Blues (2:54)
23. Congratulations (3:42)
24. Kodachrome (3:32)
25. Tenderness (2:53)
26. Take Me to the Mardi Gras (3:32)
27. Something So Right (4:34)
28. One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor (3:44)
29. American Tune (3:44)
30. Was a Sunny Day (3:40)
31. Learn How to Fall (2:45)
32. St. Judy's Comet (3:19)
33. Loves Me Like a Rock (3:32)
34. Homeward Bound (2:45)
35. El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (4:08)
36. The Boxer (6:11)
37. Jesus Is The Answer (3:28)
38. Bridge Over Troubled Water (7:10)
39. America (4:35)
40. Still Crazy After All These Years (3:25)
41. My Little Down
42. I Do It For Your Love (3:35)
43. 50 Ways To Leave Your Love
44. Night Game (2:47)
45. Gone At Last (3:24)
46. Some Folks Lives Roll Easy (3:10)
47. Have A Good Time (3:25)
48. You're Kind (3:23)
49. Silent Eyes (3:57)

1974

Live Rhymin'

1. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (2:47)
2. Homeward Bound (2:45)
3. American Tune (3:44)
4. El Condor Pasa (If I Could) (4:08)
5. Duncan (5:11)
6. The Boxer (6:11)
7. Mother and Child Reunion (4:00)
8. The Sound of Silence (4:27)
9. Jesus Is The Answer (3:28)
10. Bridge Over Troubled Water (7:10)
11. Loves Me Like a Rock (3:32)
12. America (4:35)

1993

Paul Simon 1964/1993

1. Leaves That Are Green
2. The Sound of Silence (4:27)
3. Kathy's Song
4. America (4:35)
5. Cecilia (2:52)
6. El Condor Pasa (3:06)
7. The Boxer (6:11)
8. Mrs. Robinson (3:54)
9. Bridge Over Troubled Water (Demo) (2:33)
10. Bridge Over Troubled Water (7:10)
11. The Breakup (2:15)
12. Hey, Schoolgirl (1:33)
13. My Little Town (3:52)
14. Me And Julio Down By The School Yard (2:44)
15. Peace Like a River (3:20)
16. Mother and Child Reunion (4:00)
17. Congratulations (3:42)
18. Duncan (5:11)
19. American Tune (3:44)
20. Loves Me Like a Rock (3:32)
21. Tenderness (2:53)
22. Kodachrome (3:32)
23. Gone At Last (3:24)
24. Take Me to the Mardi Gras (3:32)
25. St. Judy's Comet (3:19)
26. Something So Right (4:34)
27. Still Crazy After All These Years (3:25)
28. Have A Good Time (3:25)
29. Jonah (3:30)
30. How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns (2:49)
31. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (3:35)
32. Slip Slidin' Away (4:43)
33. Late In The Evening (4:02)
34. Hearts and Bones (5:37)
35. Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War (3:44)
36. The Late Great Johnny Ace (4:45)
37. The Boy in the Bubble (3:59)
38. Graceland (4:48)
39. Under African Skies (3:34)
40. That Was Your Mother (2:51)
41. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (5:34)
42. You Can Call Me Al (4:39)
43. Homeless (3:45)
44. Spirit Voices (3:54)
45. The Obvious Child (4:10)
46. Can't Run But (3:37)
47. Thelma (4:11)
48. Further To Fly (5:33)
49. She Moves On (5:02)
50. Born At The Right Time (3:48)
51. The Cool, Cool River (4:33)

1991

Paul Simon's Concert In The Park

1. The Obvious Child (4:10)
2. The Boy in the Bubble (3:59)
3. She Moves On (5:02)
4. Kodachrome (3:32)
5. Born At The Right Time (3:48)
6. Train in the Distance (5:11)
7. Me And Julio Down By The School Yard (2:44)
8. I Know What I Know (3:13)
9. The Cool, Cool River (4:33)
10. Bridge Over Troubled Water (7:10)
11. Proof (4:39)

Disc 2

12. The Coast (5:00)
13. Graceland (4:48)
14. You Can Call Me Al (4:39)
15. Still Crazy After All These Years (3:25)
16. Loves Me Like a Rock (3:32)
17. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (5:34)
18. Hearts and Bones (5:37)
19. Late In The Evening (4:02)
20. America (4:35)
21. The Boxer (6:11)
22. Cecilia (2:52)
23. The Sound of Silence (4:27)

1991

Paul Simon's Concert In The Park

1. The Obvious Child (4:10)
2. The Boy in the Bubble (3:59)
3. She Moves On (5:02)
4. Kodachrome (3:32)
5. Born At The Right Time (3:48)
6. Train in the Distance (5:11)
7. Me And Julio Down By The School Yard (2:44)
8. I Know What I Know (3:13)
9. The Cool, Cool River (4:33)
10. Bridge Over Troubled Water (7:10)
11. Proof (4:39)
12. The Coast (5:00)
13. Graceland (4:48)
14. You Can Call Me Al (4:39)
15. Still Crazy After All These Years (3:25)
16. Loves Me Like a Rock (3:32)
17. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (5:34)
18. Hearts and Bones (5:37)
19. Late In The Evening (4:02)
20. America (4:35)
21. The Boxer (6:11)
22. The Sound of Silence (4:27)