Words & music by Paul Simon 1964
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Fog's rollin' in off the East River bank
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Like a shroud it covers Bleeker Street
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Fills the alleys where men sleep
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Hides the shepherd from the sheep
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Voices leaking from a sad cafe
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Smiling faces try to understand
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I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand
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On Blee------ker Street
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A poet reads his crooked rhyme
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Holy, holy is his sacrament
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Thirty dollars pays your rent
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On Blee------ker Street
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I heard a church bell softly chime
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In a me---lody sustainin'
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It's a long road to Cainan
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On Blee------ker Street
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Blee------ker Street
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