Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 13:19:32 +0100 From: "Spindler, Roland" <Roland.Spindler@ooe.gv.at> Subject: CRD: "You can call me Al" by Paul Simon Song: YOU CAN CALL ME AL Artist: Paul Simon Album: Graceland transcription by Roland Spindler (roland.spindler@ooe.gv.at) Corrections welcome!

^GA man walks d^Down the street, he says^C why am I s^Doft in the middle now, ^Gwhy am I s^Doft in the middle, ^Cthe rest of my l^Dife is so hard, ^GI need a ph^Doto-opportunity, ^CI want a shot at red^Demption, ^Gdont want to end up a c^Dartoon, in a^C cartoon gr^Daveyard, b^Gonedigger, b^Donedigger, ^Cdogs in the mo^Donlight, ^Gfar aw^Day my w^Cell-lit d^Door, Mr. B^Geerbelly, B^Deerbelly, g^Cet these mutts aw^Day from me, you kn^Gow I don't f^Dind this stuff am^Cusing anym^Dore.

^GIf youll be my b^Dodyguard ^CI can be your l^Dong l^Gost p^Dal, ^C ^D ^GI can call you B^Detty, and B^Cetty when you c^Dall me you can c^Gall me Al. ^D ^C ^D

A man walks down the street, he says why am I short of attention, got a short little span of attention, and wo my nights are so long, wheres my wife and family, what if I die here, wholl be my role-model, now that my role-model is gone, gone, he ducked back down the alley with some roly-poly little bat-faced girl, all along, along there were incidents and accidents, there were hints and allegations. If youll be my bodyguard I can be your long lost pal, I can call you Betty, and Betty when you call me

you can c^Gall m^De A^Cl, ^D call me ^GAl. ^D ^C ^D

A man walks down the street, its a street in a strange world, maybe its the Third World, maybe its his first time around, he doesnt speak the language, he holds no currency, he is a foreign man, he is surrounded by the sound, the sound, cattle in the marketplace, scatterlings and orphanages, he looks around, around, he sees angels in the architecture, spinning in infinity, he says Amen and Hallelujah! If youll be my bodyguard...

Paul Simon - You can call me al