Words & music by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley 1965
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I should have known you'd bid me farewell.
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There's a lesson to be learned from this
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and I learned it very well
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Now I know you're not
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the only starfish in the sea.
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If I never hear your name again
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it's all the same to me.
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And I think it's gonna be all right.
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Yeah, the worst is over,
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Now the morning sun is shining like a Red Rubber Ball.
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You never cared for secrets I'd confide.
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For you I'm just an ornament,
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Something for your pride.
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Always running, never caring,
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That's the life you live.
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Stolen minutes of your time
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were all you had to give.
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And I think it's gonna be all right.
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Yeah, the worst is over,
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Now the morning sun is shining like a Red Rubber Ball.
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The story's in the past with nothing to recall.
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I've got my life to live and I
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don't need you at all.
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The roller coaster ride we took is
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nearly at an end.
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I bought my ticket with my tears,
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that's all I'm gonna spend.
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And I think it's gonna be all right.
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Yeah, the worst is over,
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Now the morning sun is shining like a Red Rubber Ball.
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