Red House Painters - Red House Painters II

I Am a Rock

A winter's day
In a deep and dark December
I am alone
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow

I am a rock, I am an island
I am a rock, I am an island

I've built walls
A fortress deep and mighty
That none may penetrate
I have no need of friendship
Friendship causes pain
It's laughter and loving I disdain

I am a rock, I am an island
I am a rock, I am an island

Don't talk of love
But I've heard this word before
It's sleeping in my memory
I won't disturb the slumber of the feelings that have died
If I never loved I never would have cried

I am a rock, I am an island
I am a rock, I am an island

I have my books
And my poetry to protect me
I am shielded in my armour
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me

I am a rock, I am an island
I am a rock, I am an island
I am a rock, I am an island
I am a rock, I am an island

And a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries
And a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries
And a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries



Credits
Writer(s): Paul Simon
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Other Album Tracks

  1. Evil
  2. Bubble
  3. I Am a Rock
  4. Helicopter
  5. New Jersey
  6. Uncle Joe
  7. Blindfold
  8. Star Spangled Banner

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Altri album

  1. Edge of the Dark - Single
  2. 'Local Anesthetic' KFOG Studios, San Francisco, December 3rd 1995. (Live)
  3. Old Ramon
  4. Retrospective
  5. Songs For A Blue Guitar
  6. Ocean Beach
  7. Shock Me
  8. Red House Painters II
  9. Red House Painters I
  10. Down Colorful Hill

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