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HELLO TO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND
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I'VE COME TO TALK WITH YOU AGAIN
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BECAUSE A VISION SOFTLY-Y CREEPING
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LEFT ITS SEEDS WHILE I WA -AS SLEEPING
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AND THE VISION THAT WAS PLANTED IN MY BRAIN
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STILL REMAINS .... WITHIN THE SOUND OF SILENCE

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath 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
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more,
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no-one dare,
Disturb the sounds of silence

Fools said I "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows."
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed 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 sign said
"The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and
tenement halls."
And whispered in the sounds of silence.
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Words and music by Paul Simon.  Copyright 1964 and 1965 by
Charing Cross Music.