Paul Simon - Everything Put Together Falls Apart lyrics

Locked in a struggle for the right combination–

Of words in a melody line

I took a walk along the riverbank of my imagination

Golden clouds were shuffling in the sunshine

But if I ever get back to the twentieth century

Guess I’ll have to pay off some debts

Open the book of my vanishing memory

With its catalog of regrets

Stand up for the deeds I did, and those I didn’t do

Sit down, shut up, think about God

And wait for the hour of my rescue

We don’t mean to mess things up, but mess them up we do

And then it’s “Oh, I’m sorry”

Here’s a smiling photograph of love when it was new

At a birthday party

Make a wish and close your eyes

Surprise, surprise, surprise

Early December, and brown as a sparrow

Frost creeping over the pond

I shoot a thought into the future, and it flies like an arrow

Through my lifetime, and beyond

If I ever come back as a tree, or a crow

Or even the windblown dust

Find me on the ancient road

In the song when the wires are hushed

Hurry on and remember me, as I’ll remember you

Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates

The earth is blue

And everything about it is a love song

Everything about it

Everything about it is a love song

Everything about it

Everything about it is a love song