[ti:The Cool, Cool River] [ar:Paul Simon] [al:The Paul Simon Collection: On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Going] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Cool, Cool River - Paul Simon (保罗·西蒙) [00:19.33]Moves like a fist through the traffic [00:21.42]Anger and no one can heal it [00:23.97]Shoves a little bump into the momentum [00:26.20]It's just a little lump But you feel it [00:29.11]In the creases and the shadows [00:34.17]With a rattling deep emotion [00:38.56]The cool cool river [00:43.17]Sweeps the wild white ocean [00:47.55]Yes boss the government handshake [00:49.90]Yes boss the crusher of language [00:52.09]Yes boss mr stillwater [00:54.40]The face at the edge of the banquet [00:57.55]The cool the cool river [01:02.36]The cool the cool river [01:11.00]I believe in the future [01:15.08]I may live in my car [01:20.32]My radio tuned to [01:24.51]The voice of a star [01:29.89]Song dogs barking at the break of dawn [01:32.25]Lightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm [01:39.49]And these old hopes and fears [01:42.48]Still at my side [01:58.37]Anger and no one can heal it [02:00.47]Slides through the metal detector [02:03.03]Lives like a mole in a motel [02:04.77]A slide in a slide projector [02:07.48]The cool cool river [02:13.09]Sweeps the wild white ocean [02:17.58]The rage of rage love turns inward [02:21.12]To prayers of devotion [02:27.06]These prayers are [02:28.43]The constant road across the wilderness [02:31.47]These prayers are [02:34.13]These prayers are the memory of god [02:43.03]The memory of god [02:49.98]I believe in the future [02:54.11]We shall suffer no more [02:59.32]Maybe not in my lifetime [03:03.96]But in yours I feel sure [03:08.93]Song dogs barking at the break of dawn [03:11.28]Lightning pushes the edges of a thunderstorm [03:17.90]And these streets [03:19.88]Quiet as a sleeping army [03:22.54]Send their battered dreams to heaven to heaven [03:31.18]For the mother's restless son [03:34.26]Who is a witness to who is a warrior [03:40.31]Who denies his urge to break and run [03:43.93]Who says hard times [03:45.74]I'm used to them [03:47.21]The speeding planet burns [03:48.54]I'm used to that [03:49.77]My life's so common it disappears [03:53.49]And sometimes even music [03:59.58]Cannot substitute for tears