Paul Simon - Duncan

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Song Lyrics

Couple in the next room
Bound to win a prize
They`ve been goin` at it all night long
I`m trying to get some sleep
but these motel walls are cheap
Lincoln Duncan is my name
and here`s my song
Here`s my song

My father was a fisherman
my mama was the fisherman`s friend
and I was born in the boredom and the chowder
So when I reached my prime
I left my home in the maritimes
Headed down the turnpike for New England
Sweet New England

Holes in my confidence
Holes in the knees of my jeans
I was left without a penny in my pocket
Oo-ooo-oo wee I was about
destituted as a kid could be
And I wished I wore a ring
so I could hock it
I`d like to hock it

I`ve seen a young girl in a parking lot
preaching to a crowd
singing sacred songs and
reading from the Bible
Well I told her I was lost
and she told me all about the Pentecost
And I seen that girl as the road to my survi-val

Just later on the very same night
She crept to my tent with a flashlight
and my long years of innocence ended
She took me to the woods sayin`
"Here comes somethin` and it feels so good!"
And just like a dog I was befriended
I was befriended

Oh, oh, what a night
Oh what a garden of delight
Even now that sweet memory lingers
I was playin` my guitar
lying underneath the stars
Just thankin` the Lord for my fingers
For my fingers

Release History

1972

Duncan

1. Duncan (5:11)
2. Run That Body Down (3:52)

1977

Greatest Hits, Etc.

1. Slip Slidin' Away (4:43)
2. Stranded in a Limousine (3:09)
3. Still Crazy After All These Years (3:25)
4. Have A Good Time (3:25)
5. Duncan (5:11)
6. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (2:47)
7. Something So Right (4:34)
8. Kodachrome (3:32)
9. I Do It For Your Love (3:35)
10. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (3:35)
11. American Tune (3:44)
12. Mother and Child Reunion (4:00)
13. Loves Me Like a Rock (3:32)
14. Take Me to the Mardi Gras (3:32)

1977

Greatest Hits, Etc.

1. Slip Slidin' Away (4:43)
2. Stranded in a Limousine (3:09)
3. Still Crazy After All These Years (3:25)
4. Have A Good Time (3:25)
5. Duncan (5:11)
6. Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (2:47)
7. Something So Right (4:34)
8. Kodachrome (3:32)
9. I Do It For Your Love (3:35)
10. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (3:35)
11. American Tune (3:44)
12. Mother and Child Reunion (4:00)
13. Loves Me Like a Rock (3:32)
14. Take Me to the Mardi Gras (3:32)

2007

The Essential Paul Simon

1. Mother and Child Reunion (4:00)
2. Loves Me Like a Rock (3:32)
3. Me And Julio Down By The School Yard (2:44)
4. Duncan (5:11)
5. Kodachrome (3:32)
6. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover (3:35)
7. Slip Slidin' Away (4:43)
8. Gone At Last (3:24)
9. Something So Right (4:34)
10. Late In The Evening (4:02)
11. Hearts and Bones (5:37)
12. Take Me To The Mardi Grass
13. That Was Your Mother (2:51)
14. American Tune (3:44)
15. Peace Like a River (3:20)
16. Stranded in a Limousine (3:09)
17. Train in the Distance (5:11)
18. The Late Great Johnny Ace (4:45)
19. Still Crazy After All These Years (3:25)
20. Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard (Video)
21. You Can Call Me Al (Video)
22. The Boy In The Bubble (Video)
23. Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes (Video)
24. The Obvious Child (Video)
25. Father And Daughter (Video)
26. Mrs. Robinson (Dick Cavett Show)
27. Loves Me Like A Rock (Saturday Night Live)
28. Sweeney Sisters (Saturday Night Live)
29. Homeward Bound (Saturday Night Live)

Disc 2

30. Graceland (4:48)
31. Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes (5:34)
32. The Boy in the Bubble (3:59)
33. You Can Call Me Al (4:39)
34. Under African Skies (3:34)
35. The Obvious Child (4:10)
36. Born At The Right Time (3:48)
37. The Cool, Cool River (4:33)
38. Spirit Voices (3:54)
39. Adios Hermanos (4:42)
40. Born in Puerto Rico (4:54)
41. Quality (4:10)
42. Darling Lorraine (6:39)
43. Hurricane Eye (4:12)
44. Father and Daughter (4:11)
45. Outrageous (3:24)
46. Wartime Prayers (4:49)

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)