| | You Can Call Me Al Lyrics Artist(Band):Paul Simon
He says why am I soft in the middle now Why am I soft in the middle The rest of my life is so hard I need a photo-opportunity I want a shot at redemption Don't want to end up a cartoon In a cartoon graveyard Bonedigger Bonedigger Dogs in the moonlight Far away my well-lit door Mr. Beerbelly Beerbelly Get these mutts away from me You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore If you'll be my bodyguard I can be your long lost pal I can call you Betty And Betty when you call me You can call me Al 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 Where's my wife and family What if I die here Who'll 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 you'll be my bodyguard I can be your long lost pal I can call you Betty And Betty when you call me You can call me Al Call me Al A man walks down the street It's a street in a strange world Maybe it's the Third World Maybe it's his first time around He doesn't 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 you'll be my bodyguard I can be your long lost pal I can call you Betty And Betty when you call me You can call me Al Call me Al If you find some error in You Can Call Me Al Lyrics, would you please submit your corrections to me? Thank You. Thanks to jeffnewcomb@comcast.net for submitting the lyrics. Review about You Can Call Me Al About You Can Call Me Al | Reviewer: Param | 11/1/09 The song, like many of the songs in Graceland, are about how Paul Simon came out of a turbulent and tumultuous period of his life. He's lost his love, his career isn't going as great as he wants, and he's not sure how he's going to end up. In the midst of all of this, he takes a trip to Africa, a land that is completely out of his safety zone. He hears sounds, the sounds of cattle in the market place, scatterlings and orphanages, he sees angels in the architecture, he sees both the pain and the beauty of life on a completely different scale from what he'd ever understood, and he says, "Amen," and "Hallelujah." Lyrics are a tad better than the song itself | Reviewer: Anonymous | 9/9/09 Someone here said the lyrics don't make sense. I believe the text speaks for itself. Clearly these are somewhat lost people in a life crisis situation. However, MY span of attention is also short so I don't feel like explaining or analyzing right now... Of couse, Paul Simon's explanation would be more in-depth. About the spinning angels.. | Reviewer: Mattias | 9/9/09 I think the angels actually ARE details in the architecture, and it's not they that are spinning, but the man. He doesn't recognize his surroundings or the language. His perception is spinning due to drugs, fatigue or confusion. Most of the lyrics is pretty straight-forward with three men (or possibly just one man) going through a life crisis. His body is turning softer, wife left him, he's a joke, lost, without direction. The Methamphetamine Speed | Reviewer: Anonymous | 7/9/09 The drugs have entered my brain cells, sadly. They have left again. I saw the 'angels in the architecture'. It was different for me. I identify it with the Simon lyric from the spinning part. If there are angels, they have a human figure, and there is more than one. The whole figure spinning is the key to the image. It is the stations of Hell, forever posted on a spit, turning. Face, side of head, back of head, face; it's scary. a | Reviewer: Jimmy | 6/5/09 Did someone just claim Dylan's Desolation Row is gibberish? There is a a distinct difference between a lack of understanding and lack of meaning. Many of Dylan's songs are simply songs, but Desolation Row is not unintelligible by any means. the best | Reviewer: sam | 3/27/09 Paul Simon you are one of my favorite singers and i am 11 years old so you are still a hit.My favourite songs are diamonds on the soles of her shoes , you can call me al , homelless, the obvious child and me and julio down by the school yard I listen to them over and over again there the best so thanks for the great songs. hmm | Reviewer: jackholden | 3/12/09 Sometimes I think Simon is playing with us. Close study of these lyrics seems to indicate they're just words thrown on a page. Same thing with Dylan. Study "Desolation Row" sometime. Once the drugs wear off, it appears to be gibberish. wht he wants to say with soft in the middle | Reviewer: sbek | 2/27/09 really its a great song and i like it so much but still one thing confuse me , i dont knwo wht he wants to say with "soft in the middle" i would be pleased if some one inlight me by e_mail amkhar@hotmail.fr and thanx This Song Is GREAT! | Reviewer: Danni Morgan | 12/31/08 Hy people This song is Great Isn't. It's such a Feel-Great about yourself song AINT it. I first heard it on the radio going baby shopping. Then i was thinking when it is Crying an Whaling i can Sing him this song cause it brings me RIGHT back up. So Guys u are Still Great! Have a GOOD one!:) Love Danni Can't get it out of my head! :) | Reviewer: Briezy | 11/24/08 I love this song! I first heard it a few years ago at a University of Florida basketball game (it's kind of a theme song/tradition for the b-ball games). Anyways, my husband I have been listening to it for the last week or so pretty consistently and I can't get it out of my head! I keep humming, bouncing around the house to the beat, and blasting it in the car. It still hasn't gotten old yet. Great song!!! Review By Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 Review the song You Can Call Me Al The area is only for review, if you want to submit the lyrics or the corrections of the lyrics, please click the link at the end of the lyrics.  Download "Paul Simon" Music | |
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