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A Simple Desultory Philippic
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Artist: Paul Simon
Album: The Paul Simon Songbook (1965)

I been norman mailered, maxwell taylored
I been john o'hara'd, mcnamara'd
I been rolling stoned and beatled 'til I'm blind
I been ayn randed, nearly branded
A communist, 'cause I'm left-handed
That's the hand I use, well, never mind.

I been phil spectored, resurrected
I been lou adlered, barry sadlered
Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay
And I learned the truth from lenny bruce
And of all my wealth won't buy me health
So I smoke a pint of tea a day.

I knew a man his brain so small
He couldn't think of nothin' at all
He's not the same as you and me
He doesn't dig poetry, he's so unhip that
When you say dylan, he thinks you're talkin' about dylan thomas
Whoever he is
The man ain't got no culture
But its alright, ma, everybody must get stoned.

I been mick jaggered, silver daggered
Andy warhol, won't you please come home?
I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled
Been roy haleed and art garfunkeled
I just discovered somebody's tapped my phone.

Folk rock.

I lost my harmonica, albert.

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The Paul Simon Songbook lyrics Artist: Paul Simon
Album: The Paul Simon Songbook
Release: (1965)
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