PAUL SIMON - Duncan lyrics

rate me

Couple in the next room

Bound to win a prize

They've been goin' at it all night long

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 into boredom and to chowder

So when I reached my prime

I left my home in maritimes

and 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-o wee 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

I seen young girl in a parking lot

preaching to a crowd

singin sacred songs and

reading from the Bible

Well I told her I was lost

and she told me all about the Pentecost

And seein' that girl was the road to my survi-ival

Just later on the very same night

she crept to my tent with a flashlight

and my long years of innocence ended

Well she took me to the woods sayin'

"Here comes somethin' 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 playin' my guitar

lying underneath the stars

Just thankin' the Lord for my fingers

for my fingers