| Song | A Poem On The Underground Wall - Live |
| Artist | Simon |
| Album | The Essential Simon & Garfunkel |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| Lyrics:Paul Simon Music:Paul Simon | |
| The last train is nearly due, | |
| The underground is closing soon, | |
| And in the dark deserted station, | |
| Restless in anticipation, | |
| A man waits in the shadows. | |
| His restless eyes leap and scratch, | |
| At all that they can touch or catch, | |
| And hidden deep within his pocket, | |
| Safe within its silent socket, | |
| He holds a colored crayon. | |
| Now from the tunnel's stony womb, | |
| The carriage rides to meet the groom, | |
| And opens wide and welcome doors, | |
| But he hesitates, then withdraws | |
| Deeper in the shadows. | |
| And the train is gone suddenly | |
| On wheels clicking silently | |
| Like a gently tapping litany, | |
| And he holds his crayon rosary | |
| Tighter in his hand. | |
| Now from his pocket quick he flashes, | |
| The crayon on the wall he slashes, | |
| Deep upon the advertising, | |
| A single worded poem comprised | |
| Of four letters. | |
| And his heart is laughing, screaming, pounding | |
| The poem across the tracks rebounding | |
| Shadowed by the exit light | |
| His legs take their ascending flight | |
| To seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night. |
| Lyrics: Paul Simon Music: Paul Simon | |
| The last train is nearly due, | |
| The underground is closing soon, | |
| And in the dark deserted station, | |
| Restless in anticipation, | |
| A man waits in the shadows. | |
| His restless eyes leap and scratch, | |
| At all that they can touch or catch, | |
| And hidden deep within his pocket, | |
| Safe within its silent socket, | |
| He holds a colored crayon. | |
| Now from the tunnel' s stony womb, | |
| The carriage rides to meet the groom, | |
| And opens wide and welcome doors, | |
| But he hesitates, then withdraws | |
| Deeper in the shadows. | |
| And the train is gone suddenly | |
| On wheels clicking silently | |
| Like a gently tapping litany, | |
| And he holds his crayon rosary | |
| Tighter in his hand. | |
| Now from his pocket quick he flashes, | |
| The crayon on the wall he slashes, | |
| Deep upon the advertising, | |
| A single worded poem comprised | |
| Of four letters. | |
| And his heart is laughing, screaming, pounding | |
| The poem across the tracks rebounding | |
| Shadowed by the exit light | |
| His legs take their ascending flight | |
| To seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night. |
| Lyrics: Paul Simon Music: Paul Simon | |
| The last train is nearly due, | |
| The underground is closing soon, | |
| And in the dark deserted station, | |
| Restless in anticipation, | |
| A man waits in the shadows. | |
| His restless eyes leap and scratch, | |
| At all that they can touch or catch, | |
| And hidden deep within his pocket, | |
| Safe within its silent socket, | |
| He holds a colored crayon. | |
| Now from the tunnel' s stony womb, | |
| The carriage rides to meet the groom, | |
| And opens wide and welcome doors, | |
| But he hesitates, then withdraws | |
| Deeper in the shadows. | |
| And the train is gone suddenly | |
| On wheels clicking silently | |
| Like a gently tapping litany, | |
| And he holds his crayon rosary | |
| Tighter in his hand. | |
| Now from his pocket quick he flashes, | |
| The crayon on the wall he slashes, | |
| Deep upon the advertising, | |
| A single worded poem comprised | |
| Of four letters. | |
| And his heart is laughing, screaming, pounding | |
| The poem across the tracks rebounding | |
| Shadowed by the exit light | |
| His legs take their ascending flight | |
| To seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night. |