Sound of silence

Paul Simon

Ami Hello, darkness, my old G friend.
I've come to talk with you, Ami again,
Because a vision softly F creeping C
Left its seeds while I was F sleeping. C
And the F vision that was planted
In my C brain, still remains Ami
C Within the G sound of Ami silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Through narrow streets of cobblestone,
Beneath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash
Of a neon light, split the night
And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, mabye more,
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices
Never shared, no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence.

"Fools! " said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer qrows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell (Oh, oh, oh)
And echoes in the wells of silence.

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming.
And the signs said, "The words of the prophets
Are writen on the subway walls and tenement halls,"
And whisper in the sounds of silence.