A Hazy Shade Of Winter
Words & music by Paul Simon
Time, time, time, see what's become of me
While I looked around for my possibilities.
I was so hard to please.
but look around
Leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.
Hear the Salvation Army band.
Down by the riverside,
It's bound to be a better ride
Than what you've got planned.
Carry your cup in your hand.
And look around,
Leaves are brown,
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.
Hang on to your hopes, my friend.
That's an easy thing to say
But if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend that you can build them again.
Look around
The grass is high
The fields are ripe
It's the springtime of my life.
Seasons change with the scenery;
Weaving time in a tapestry.
Won't you stop and remember me
At any convenient time?
Funny how my memory skips
While looking over manuscripts
Of unpublished rhyme.
Drinking my vodka and lime,
I look around
Leaves are brown now
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.
Look around
Leaves are brown
There's a patch of snow on the ground
 Some days you cant help but wake up helpless
The window world has got you all arms ready and
Although I want to cheer you up in the worst way
I can only muscle down a frown.
Some days I cant help but wake up helpless
This goodnight girl has got me all arms ready and
She might sell them all but i can tell
The worth of her three weary words
Not what you would guess
Bow (check) arrow (check) apple (check).
Run for your life
The ride is on fire
All in tune
All of this abandon
I can barely stand it
All in tune.
There's a lifetime of fun stuck between
The machinery of your memory
Go get it
This certian sickness thst's sure to spin you
But there's remedy in a formula that reads
Easy as one two thirteen.
Kelly got caught
Thinking on the clock
All in tune
Lady is raven
New Eleanora Fagen
All in tune.
When you come to
Will you come true?(2x)
Moving like a cloud
Covering your tounge
Breathing out curls of
Smoke into the world
I'm never gonna find you
Never will remind you
To cover up your breath
When you're back up at the desk
Shiver in a storm
We dance to keep warm
Touhy Ave two-step
As animated as I get
The frowning of a lifetime
(The frowning of a lifetime)
It always is the right time
(Go ahead and try.)