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Simon & Garfunkel - The Dangling Conversation (Audio)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Art Garfunkel
Art Garfunkel
Vocals
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bob Johnston
Bob Johnston
Producer
Roy Halee
Roy Halee
Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's a still-life watercolor
Of a now late afternoon
As the sun shines through the curtained lace
And shadows wash the room
And we sit and drink our coffee
Couched in our indifference
Like shells upon the shore
You can hear the ocean roar
In the dangling conversation
And the superficial sighs
The borders of our lives
[Verse 2]
And you read your Emily Dickinson
And I, my Robert Frost
And we note our place with bookmarkers
That measure what we've lost
Like a poem poorly written
We are verses out of rhythm
Couplets out of rhyme
In syncopated time (In syncopated time)
And the dangling conversation
And the superficial sighs
Are the borders of our lives
[Verse 3]
Yes, we speak of things that matter
With words that must be said
"Can analysis be worthwhile?"
"Is the theater really dead?"
And how the room is softly faded
And I only kiss your shadow
I cannot feel your hand
You're a stranger now unto me
Lost in the dangling conversation
And the superficial sighs
In the borders of our lives
Written by: Paul Simon

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