[ti:The Cool, Cool River] [ar:Paul Simon] [al:The Essential Paul Simon] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Cool, Cool River - Paul Simon (保罗·西蒙) [00:19.38]Moves like a fist through the traffic [00:21.43]Anger and no one can heal it [00:23.99]Shoves a little bump into the momentum [00:26.04]It's just a little lump [00:27.44]But you feel it in the [00:29.16]In the creases and the shadows [00:34.07]With a rattling deep emotion [00:38.54]The cool cool river [00:43.20]Sweeps the wild white ocean [00:47.58]Yes boss the government handshake [00:49.76]Yes boss the crusher of language [00:52.12]Yes boss mr stillwater [00:54.39]The face at the edge of the banquet [00:57.45]The cool cool river [01:02.03]The cool cool river [01:10.75]I believe in the future [01:15.15]I may live in my car [01:20.40]My radio tuned to [01:24.29]The voice of a star [01:29.99]Song dogs barking at the break of dawn [01:32.31]Lightning pushes the edge of a thunderstorm [01:39.58]These old hopes and fears [01:42.45]Still at my side [01:58.55]Anger and no one can heal it [02:00.67]Slides through the metal detector [02:03.03]Lives like a mole in a motel [02:04.99]A slide in a slide projector [02:07.75]The cool cool river [02:13.28]Sweeps the wild white ocean [02:17.57]The rage the rage of love turns inward [02:23.07]To prayers of devotion [02:27.05]These prayers are the constant road across the wilderness [02:31.62]These prayers are [02:34.28]These prayers are the memory of god [02:43.05]The memory of god [02:50.17]I believe in the future [02:54.13]We shall suffer no more [02:59.53]Maybe not in my lifetime [03:03.93]But in yours I feel sure [03:09.17]Song dogs barking at the break of dawn [03:11.52]Lightning pushes the edges of a thunderstorm [03:17.85]And these streets [03:20.14]Quiet as a sleeping army [03:22.59]Send their battered dreams to heaven to heaven [03:31.42]For the mother's restless son [03:34.50]Who is a witness to who is a warrior [03:40.54]Who denies his urge to break and run [03:44.04]Who says hard times [03:46.15]I'm used to them [03:47.50]The speeding planet burns [03:48.85]I'm used to that [03:49.98]My life's so common it disappears [03:53.61]And sometimes even music [03:59.84]Cannot substitute for tears