Paul Simon - Duncan cover

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Paul Simon - Duncan

Couple in the next room
bound to win a prize:
they've been going at it all night long!
Well, I'm tryin' to get some sleep
but these motel walls are cheap:
Lincoln Duncan is my name,
and here's my song, here's my song.

My father was a fisherman,
my mama was a fisherman's friend,
and I was born in the boredom and the chowder.
So when I reached my prime
I left my home in the Maritimes,
headed down the turnpike for New England, sweet New England.

Holes in my confidence,
holes in the knees of my jeans,
I was left without a penny in my pocket ....
Oo-oowee, I was about as destituted as a kid could be
and I wished I wore a ring so I could hock it ...
I'd like to hock it

A young girl in a parkin' lot
was preaching to a crowd,
singing sacred songs
and reading from the Bible.
Well, I told her I was lost
and she told all about the Pentecost,
and I seen that girl as the road to my survival,
my survival.

Just later on
the very same night
when I crept to her tent with a flashlight
and my long years of innocence ended:
well, she took me to the woods,
sayin' "Here comes something, and it feels so good!",
and just like a dog I was befriended, I was befriended.

Oh, oh, what a night,
oh, what a garden of delight ...
Even now that sweet memory lingers:
I was playing my guitar
lyin' underneath the stars
just thankin' the Lord
for my fingers,
for my fingers ...

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Tags:

• Simon
• Paul
• Duncan
• folk
• world
• music

[chapc1]

are you tone deaf?

[rington1]

@chapc1 You're right, I could have done this much better. Thanks for the comment.

Alex....

[thailandajarn]

Actually I meant the thick northern loser who everyone took as a joke...

[rington1]

I know what you meant, you see I try to answer all comments even those that come from jealous no talent people.  By the way I not from the north. Thanks for your time.

Alex

[thailandajarn]

On reflection, I was wrong to compare you to that guy. Although he was a fictional TV character, the person that played him was an actor, who was paid to reflect his talent. You however, appear to take yourself seriously. Given the dreadful rendition I've just heard (only half btw just too painful) I find this incredible.

What an interesting name you've come up with...an irritating sound that appears at inappropriate and annoying times. How apt.

[rington1]

I see! I don't want to play this game of yours. From Rington1, not ringtone.

[chicken7555]

yeah if you wanna play boring style

[rington1]

I wish.

Alex...

[thailandajarn]

Didn't you use to be on Coronation Street?

[charsalutube]

fingerpicking is not difficult once you figure out which strings are picked with which fingers on which chords. then it's just practice.

Charsal