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Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park
Episode 1 | 55m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Join the iconic duo and the 500,000 fans who came out for this once-in-a-lifetime concert.
Join the iconic duo and the more than 500,000 fans who came out for this once-in-a- lifetime 1981 benefit concert for the world’s most famous urban park. The unforgettable performance features the pair’s greatest hits, from “Mrs. Robinson” to “The Sound of Silence” to “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” as well as selections from their solo catalogs, newly arranged with an expanded 11-piece band.
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Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park
Episode 1 | 55m 41sVideo has Closed Captions
Join the iconic duo and the more than 500,000 fans who came out for this once-in-a- lifetime 1981 benefit concert for the world’s most famous urban park. The unforgettable performance features the pair’s greatest hits, from “Mrs. Robinson” to “The Sound of Silence” to “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” as well as selections from their solo catalogs, newly arranged with an expanded 11-piece band.
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[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING MRS. ROBINSON] OK. NOW.
♪ WE'D LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ♪ ♪ ABOUT YOU FOR OUR FILES ♪ ♪ WE'D LIKE TO HELP YOU LEARN TO HELP YOURSELF ♪ ♪ LOOK AROUND YOU ♪ ♪ ALL YOU SEE ARE SYMPATHETIC EYES ♪ ♪ STROLL AROUND THE GROUNDS ♪ ♪ UNTIL YOU FEEL AT HOME ♪ ♪ AND HERE'S TO YOU, MRS. ROBINSON ♪ ♪ JESUS LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU WILL KNOW ♪ ♪ WO WO WO ♪ ♪ GOD BLESS YOU PLEASE, MRS. ROBINSON ♪ ♪ HEAVEN HOLDS A PLACE FOR THOSE WHO PRAY ♪ ♪ HEY HEY HEY ♪ ♪ HEY HEY HEY ♪ ♪ HIDE IT IN A HIDING PLACE WHERE NO ONE EVER GOES ♪ ♪ OOH ♪ ♪ PUT IT IN YOUR PANTRY WITH YOUR CUPCAKES ♪ ♪ IT'S A LITTLE SECRET ♪ ♪ IT'S JUST THE ROBINSONS' AFFAIR ♪ ♪ MOST OF ALL, YOU'VE GOT TO HIDE IT FROM THE KIDS ♪ ♪ COO COO CA-CHOO, MRS. ROBINSON ♪ ♪ JESUS LOVES YOU MORE THAN YOU WILL KNOW ♪ ♪ WO WO WO ♪ ♪ GOD BLESS YOU PLEASE, MRS. ROBINSON ♪ ♪ HEAVEN HOLDS A PLACE FOR THOSE WHO PRAY ♪ ♪ HEY HEY HEY ♪ ♪ HEY HEY HEY ♪ ♪ SITTING ON A SOFA ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON ♪ ♪ GOING TO THE CANDIDATES' DEBATE, YEAH ♪ ♪ LAUGH ABOUT IT, SHOUT ABOUT IT ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'VE GOT TO CHOOSE ♪ ♪ EVERY WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU LOSE ♪ ♪ WHERE HAVE YOU GONE, JOE DiMAGGIO?
♪ ♪ A NATION TURNS ITS LONELY EYES TO YOU ♪ ♪ WOO WOO WOO ♪ ♪ WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY, MRS. ROBINSON?
♪ ♪ JOLTIN' JOE HAS LEFT AND GONE AWAY ♪ ♪ HEY HEY HEY ♪ ♪ HEY HEY HEY ♪ ♪ HEY HEY ♪ ♪ HEY HEY ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [SIMON STRUMS GUITAR] [PLAYING "HOMEWARD BOUND"] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] ♪ I'M SITTIN' IN THE RAILWAY STATION ♪ ♪ GOT A TICKET FOR MY DESTINATION ♪ ♪ MMM MMM ♪ ♪ ON A TOUR OF ONE-NIGHT STANDS ♪ ♪ MY SUITCASE AND GUITAR IN HAND ♪ ♪ AND EVERY STOP IS NEATLY PLANNED ♪ ♪ FOR A POET AND A ONE-MAN BAND ♪ ♪ HOMEWARD BOUND ♪ ♪ I WISH I WAS ♪ ♪ HOMEWARD BOUND ♪ ♪ HOME, WHERE MY THOUGHT'S ESCAPING ♪ ♪ HOME, WHERE MY MUSIC'S PLAYING ♪ ♪ HOME, WHERE MY LOVE LIES WAITING ♪ ♪ SILENTLY FOR ME ♪ ♪ EVERY DAY'S AN ENDLESS STREAM ♪ ♪ OF CIGARETTES AND MAGAZINES ♪ ♪ MMM MMM MMM ♪ ♪ AND EACH TOWN LOOKS THE SAME TO ME ♪ ♪ THE MOVIES AND THE FACTORIES ♪ ♪ AND EVERY STRANGER'S FACE I SEE ♪ ♪ REMINDS ME THAT I LONG TO BE ♪ ♪ HOMEWARD BOUND ♪ ♪ OH, AND I WISH I WAS ♪ ♪ HOMEWARD BOUND ♪ ♪ HOME, WHERE MY THOUGHT'S ESCAPING ♪ ♪ HOME, WHERE MY MUSIC'S PLAYING ♪ ♪ HOME, WHERE MY LOVE LIES WAITING ♪ ♪ SILENTLY FOR ME ♪ ♪ TONIGHT I'LL SING MY SONGS AGAIN ♪ ♪ I'LL PLAY THE GAME AND PRETEND ♪ ♪ MMM MMM MMM ♪ ♪ BUT ALL MY WORDS COME BACK TO ME ♪ ♪ IN SHADES OF MEDIOCRITY ♪ ♪ LIKE EMPTINESS IN HARMONY ♪ ♪ I NEED SOMEONE TO COMFORT ME ♪ ♪ HOMEWARD BOUND ♪ ♪ I WISH I WAS ♪ ♪ HOMEWARD BOUND ♪ ♪ HOME, WHERE MY THOUGHT'S ESCAPING ♪ ♪ HOME, WHERE MY MUSIC'S PLAYING ♪ ♪ HOME, WHERE MY LOVE LIES WAITING ♪ ♪ SILENTLY FOR ME ♪ ♪ WHOA, HOMEWARD BOUND ♪ ♪ I WISH I WAS ♪ ♪ OH ♪ ♪ HOMEWARD BOUND ♪ ♪ NOW, NOW ♪ ♪ HOME, WHERE MY THOUGHT'S ESCAPING ♪ ♪ HOME, WHERE MY MUSIC'S PLAYING ♪ ♪ HOME, WHERE MY LOVE LIES WAITING ♪ ♪ SILENTLY FOR ME ♪ ♪ SILENTLY FOR ME ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] WELL, IT'S GREAT TO DO A NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] I HOPE EVERYBODY CAN HEAR US.
I HOPE THAT THE SOUND IS GOOD.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] I JUST WANT TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE PARKS COMMISSIONER AND ED KOCH.
[CHEERS AND BOOS] AND PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT NEVER GET RECOGNIZED FOR DOING-- UH, FOR DOING GOOD DEEDS FOR THE CITY, A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE DONATED HALF OF THEIR PROCEEDS THAT THEY'RE MAKING TONIGHT.
THE GUYS WHO ARE SELLING LOOSE JOINTS ARE GIVING THE CITY HALF OF THEIR INCOME TONIGHT.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "AMERICA"] ♪ "LET US BE LOVERS" ♪ ♪ "WE'LL MARRY OUR FORTUNES TOGETHER" ♪ ♪ "I'VE GOT SOME REAL ESTATE HERE IN MY BAG" ♪ ♪ SO WE BOUGHT A PACK OF CIGARETTES ♪ ♪ AND MRS. WAGNER PIES ♪ ♪ AND WALKED OFF TO LOOK FOR AMERICA ♪ ♪ "KATHY," I SAID ♪ ♪ AS WE BOARDED A GREYHOUND IN PITTSBURGH ♪ ♪ "MICHIGAN SEEMS LIKE A DREAM TO ME NOW" ♪ ♪ "IT TOOK ME 4 DAYS TO HITCH-HIKE FROM SAGINAW" ♪ ♪ "AND I'VE COME TO LOOK FOR AMERICA" ♪ ♪ LAUGHING ON THE BUS ♪ ♪ PLAYING GAMES WITH THE FACES ♪ ♪ SHE SAID THE MAN IN THE GABARDINE SUIT ♪ ♪ WAS A SPY ♪ ♪ I SAID, "BE CAREFUL" ♪ ♪ "HIS BOW TIE IS REALLY A CAMERA" ♪ ♪ "TOSS ME A CIGARETTE" ♪ ♪ "I THINK THERE'S ONE IN MY RAINCOAT" ♪ ♪ "WE SMOKED THE LAST ONE AN HOUR AGO" ♪ ♪ OOH, OOH ♪ ♪ SO I LOOKED AT THE SCENERY ♪ ♪ SHE READ HER MAGAZINE ♪ ♪ AND THE MOON ROSE OVER AN OPEN FIELD ♪ ♪ "KATHY, I'M LOST," I SAID ♪ ♪ THOUGH I KNEW SHE WAS SLEEPING ♪ ♪ "I'M EMPTY, AND I'M ACHING, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY" ♪ ♪ COUNTING THE CARS ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE ♪ ♪ THEY'VE ALL COME TO LOOK FOR AMERICA ♪ ♪ ALL COME TO LOOK FOR AMERICA ♪ ♪ COUNTING THE CARS ON THE NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE ♪ ♪ AND THEY'VE ALL COME TO LOOK FOR AMERICA ♪ ♪ ALL COME TO LOOK FOR AMERICA ♪ ♪ ALL COME TO LOOK FOR AMERICA ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD"] ♪ OH ♪ ♪ THE MAMA PAJAMA ROLLED OUT OF BED ♪ ♪ AND SHE RAN TO THE POLICE STATION ♪ ♪ WHEN THE PAPA FOUND OUT, HE BEGAN TO SHOUT ♪ ♪ AND HE STARTED THE INVESTIGATION ♪ ♪ AND IT'S AGAINST THE LAW ♪ ♪ IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW ♪ ♪ UH, WHAT THE MAMA SAW ♪ ♪ IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW ♪ ♪ HOO, THE MAMA LOOKED DOWN AND SPIT ON THE GROUND ♪ ♪ EVERY TIME MY NAME GETS MENTIONED ♪ ♪ WHEN THE PAPA SAID, "OY, IF I GET THAT BOY" ♪ ♪ "I'M GONNA STICK HIM IN THE HOUSE OF DETENTION" ♪ ♪ WELL, I'M ON MY WAY ♪ ♪ I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING ♪ ♪ I'M ON MY WAY ♪ ♪ I'M TAKING MY TIME ♪ ♪ BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE ♪ ♪ GOOD-BYE TO ROSIE, THE QUEEN OF CORONA ♪ ♪ SEE YOU, ME AND JULIO ♪ ♪ DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD ♪ ♪ SEE YOU, ME AND JULIO ♪ ♪ DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD ♪ WHOO!
[CHEERING] ♪ OH, IN A COUPLE OF DAYS ♪ ♪ THEY COME AND TAKE ME AWAY ♪ ♪ BUT THE PRESS LET THE STORY LEAK ♪ ♪ AND WHEN THE RADICAL PRIEST ♪ ♪ COME TO GET ME RELEASED ♪ ♪ WE WAS ALL ON THE COVER OF "NEWSWEEK" ♪ ♪ OH, AND I'M ON MY WAY ♪ ♪ I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING ♪ ♪ BUT I'M ON MY WAY ♪ ♪ TAKING MY TIME, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE ♪ ♪ GOOD-BYE TO ROSIE, THE QUEEN OF CORONA ♪ ♪ SEE YOU, ME AND JULIO ♪ ♪ DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD ♪ ♪ SEE YOU, ME AND JULIO ♪ ♪ DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD ♪ ♪ SEE YOU, ME AND JULIO ♪ ♪ DOWN BY THE SCHOOLYARD ♪ ♪ SHH CHIK-A CHH CHH CHH ♪ ♪ SHOM CHIK-A CHIK-A YOM-BOM, BABY ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERING] WHAT A NIGHT!
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] GOD, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE SOMEWHAT, UH, CROWDED, BUT WE, UH, SEEM TO HAVE FILLED THE PLACE.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "APRIL COME SHE WILL"] ♪ APRIL ♪ ♪ COME SHE WILL ♪ ♪ WHEN STREAMS ARE RIPE AND SWELLED WITH RAIN ♪ ♪ MAY, SHE WILL STAY ♪ ♪ RESTING IN MY ARMS AGAIN ♪ ♪ JUNE ♪ ♪ SHE'LL CHANGE HER TUNE ♪ ♪ IN RESTLESS WALKS ♪ ♪ SHE'LL PROWL THE NIGHT ♪ ♪ JULY, SHE WILL FLY ♪ ♪ AND GIVE NO WARNING TO HER FLIGHT ♪ ♪ AUGUST ♪ ♪ DIE SHE MUST ♪ ♪ THE AUTUMN WINDS BLOW CHILLY AND COLD ♪ ♪ SEPTEMBER, I'LL REMEMBER ♪ ♪ A LOVE ONCE NEW ♪ ♪ HAS NOW GROWN OLD ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "AMERICAN TUNE"] ♪ MANY'S THE TIME I'VE BEEN MISTAKEN ♪ ♪ AND MANY TIMES CONFUSED ♪ ♪ YES, AND I'VE OFTEN FELT FORSAKEN ♪ ♪ AND CERTAINLY MISUSED ♪ ♪ OH, BUT I'M ALL RIGHT ♪ ♪ I'M ALL RIGHT ♪ ♪ I'M JUST WEARY TO MY BONES ♪ ♪ STILL, YOU DON'T EXPECT TO BE ♪ ♪ BRIGHT AND BON VIVANT ♪ ♪ SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME ♪ ♪ SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME ♪ ♪ AND I DON'T KNOW A SOUL WHO'S NOT BEEN BATTERED ♪ ♪ I DON'T HAVE A FRIEND WHO FEELS AT EASE ♪ ♪ I DON'T KNOW A DREAM THAT'S NOT BEEN SHATTERED ♪ ♪ OR DRIVEN TO ITS KNEES ♪ ♪ BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT ♪ ♪ IT'S ALL RIGHT ♪ ♪ FOR WE LIVED SO WELL SO LONG ♪ ♪ STILL, WHEN I THINK OF THE ROAD ♪ ♪ WE'RE TRAVELING ON ♪ ♪ I WONDER WHAT'S GONE WRONG ♪ ♪ I CAN'T HELP IT, I WONDER ♪ ♪ WHAT'S GONE WRONG ♪ ♪ AND I DREAMED I WAS DYING ♪ ♪ I DREAMED THAT MY SOUL ♪ ♪ ROSE UNEXPECTEDLY ♪ ♪ AND LOOKING BACK DOWN AT ME ♪ ♪ SMILED REASSURINGLY ♪ ♪ AND I DREAMED I WAS FLYING ♪ ♪ AND HIGH UP ABOVE ♪ ♪ MY EYES COULD CLEARLY SEE ♪ ♪ THE STATUE OF LIBERTY ♪ ♪ SAILING AWAY TO SEA ♪ ♪ AND I DREAMED I WAS FLYING ♪ ♪ OH, WE COME ON THE SHIP THEY CALL THE MAYFLOWER ♪ ♪ WE COME ON THE SHIP THAT SAILED THE MOON ♪ ♪ WE COME IN THE AGE'S MOST UNCERTAIN HOURS ♪ ♪ AND SING AN AMERICAN TUNE ♪ ♪ OH, OH, AND IT'S ALL RIGHT ♪ ♪ OH, IT'S ALL RIGHT, IT'S ALL RIGHT ♪ ♪ YOU CAN'T BE FOREVER BLESSED ♪ ♪ STILL, TOMORROW'S GONNA BE ANOTHER WORKING DAY ♪ ♪ AND I'M TRYING TO GET SOME REST ♪ ♪ THAT'S ALL I'M TRYING ♪ ♪ TO GET SOME REST ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "A HEART IN NEW YORK"] ♪ NEW YORK ♪ ♪ TO THAT TALL SKYLINE I COME ♪ ♪ FLYIN' IN FROM LONDON ♪ ♪ TO YOUR DOOR ♪ ♪ NEW YORK ♪ ♪ LOOKIN' DOWN ON CENTRAL PARK ♪ ♪ WHERE THEY SAY YOU SHOULD NOT WANDER AFTER DARK ♪ [CHEERING] ♪ NEW YORK ♪ ♪ LIKE A SCENE FROM ALL THOSE MOVIES ♪ ♪ BUT YOU'RE REAL ENOUGH TO ME ♪ ♪ BUT THERE'S A HEART ♪ ♪ A HEART THAT LIVES IN NEW YORK ♪ ♪ A HEART IN NEW YORK ♪ ♪ A ROSE ON THE STREET ♪ ♪ I WRITE MY SONG TO THAT CITY HEARTBEAT ♪ ♪ A HEART IN NEW YORK ♪ ♪ A LOVE IN HER EYE-EYE-EYE ♪ ♪ AN OPEN DOOR AND A FRIEND FOR THE NIGHT ♪ [CHEERING] ♪ NEW YORK ♪ ♪ YOU GOT MONEY ON YOUR MIND ♪ ♪ AND MY WORDS WON'T MAKE ♪ ♪ A DIME'S WORTH OF DIFFERENCE ♪ ♪ SO HERE'S TO YOU, NEW YORK ♪ [CHEERING] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER"] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] ♪ WHEN YOU'RE WEARY ♪ ♪ FEELING SMALL ♪ ♪ WHEN TEARS ARE IN YOUR EYES ♪ ♪ I WILL DRY THEM ALL ♪ ♪ I'M ON YOUR SIDE ♪ ♪ OH, WHEN TIMES GET ROUGH ♪ ♪ AND FRIENDS JUST CAN'T BE FOUND ♪ ♪ LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER ♪ ♪ I WILL LAY ME DOWN ♪ ♪ LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER ♪ ♪ I WILL LAY ME DOWN ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE ON THE STREET ♪ ♪ WHEN EVENING FALLS SO HARD ♪ ♪ I WILL COMFORT YOU ♪ ♪ I'LL TAKE YOUR PART ♪ ♪ OH, WHEN DARKNESS COMES ♪ ♪ AND PAIN IS ALL AROUND ♪ ♪ LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER ♪ ♪ I WILL EASE YOUR MIND ♪ ♪ LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER ♪ ♪ I WILL EASE YOUR MIND ♪ ♪ SAIL ON, SILVERGIRL ♪ ♪ SAIL ON BY ♪ ♪ YOUR TIME HAS COME TO SHINE ♪ ♪ AND ALL YOUR DREAMS ARE ON THEIR WAY ♪ ♪ SEE HOW THEY SHINE ♪ ♪ OHH ♪ ♪ IF YOU NEED A FRIEND ♪ ♪ I'M SAILING RIGHT BEHIND ♪ ♪ LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER ♪ ♪ I WILL EASE YOUR MIND ♪ ♪ LIKE A BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER ♪ ♪ I WILL EASE YOUR MIND ♪ ♪ IIIIIND ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER"] ♪ "THE PROBLEM IS ALL INSIDE YOUR HEAD" ♪ ♪ SHE SAID TO ME ♪ ♪ "THE ANSWER IS EASY IF YOU TAKE IT LOGICALLY" ♪ ♪ "I'D LIKE TO HELP YOU IN YOUR STRUGGLE TO BE FREE" ♪ ♪ "THERE MUST BE 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER" ♪ ♪ SHE SAID, "IT'S REALLY NOT MY HABIT TO INTRUDE" ♪ ♪ "FURTHERMORE, I HOPE MY MEANING" ♪ ♪ "WON'T BE LOST OR MISCONSTRUED" ♪ ♪ "SO I'LL REPEAT MYSELF" ♪ ♪ "AT THE RISK OF BEING CRUDE" ♪ ♪ "THERE MUST BE 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER" ♪ ♪ "50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER" ♪ ♪ YOU JUST SLIP OUT THE BACK, JACK ♪ ♪ YOU MAKE A NEW PLAN, STAN ♪ ♪ YOU DON'T NEED TO BE COY, ROY ♪ ♪ JUST LISTEN TO ME ♪ ♪ HOP ON THE BUS, GUS ♪ ♪ YOU DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS MUCH ♪ ♪ JUST DROP OFF THE KEY, LEE ♪ ♪ AND GET YOURSELF FREE ♪ ♪ OOH, SLIP OUT THE BACK, JACK ♪ ♪ MAKE A NEW PLAN, STAN ♪ ♪ YOU DON'T NEED TO BE COY, ROY ♪ ♪ JUST LISTEN TO ME ♪ ♪ HOP ON THE BUS, GUS ♪ ♪ YOU DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS MUCH ♪ ♪ JUST DROP OFF THE KEY, LEE ♪ ♪ AND GET YOURSELF FREE ♪ ♪ SHE SAID, "IT GRIEVES ME SO" ♪ ♪ "TO SEE YOU IN SUCH PAIN" ♪ ♪ "I WISH THERE WAS SOMETHING I COULD DO" ♪ ♪ "TO MAKE YOU SMILE AGAIN" ♪ ♪ I SAID, "I APPRECIATE THAT" ♪ ♪ "AND WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN" ♪ ♪ "ABOUT THE 50 WAYS?"
♪ ♪ SHE SAID, "WHY DON'T WE BOTH" ♪ ♪ "JUST SLEEP ON IT TONIGHT?"
♪ ♪ "AND I BELIEVE IN THE MORNING" ♪ ♪ "YOU'LL BEGIN TO SEE THE LIGHT" ♪ ♪ AND THEN SHE KISSED ME ♪ ♪ AND I REALIZED SHE PROBABLY WAS RIGHT ♪ ♪ THERE MUST BE 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER ♪ ♪ 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER ♪ ♪ YOU JUST SLIP OUT THE BACK, JACK ♪ ♪ MAKE A NEW PLAN, STAN ♪ ♪ YOU DON'T NEED TO BE COY, ROY ♪ ♪ YOU'RE JUST MESSIN' WITH ME ♪ ♪ YOU HOP ON THE BUS, GUS ♪ ♪ YOU DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS MUCH ♪ ♪ JUST DROP OFF THE KEY, LEE ♪ ♪ AND GET YOURSELF FREE ♪ ♪ OOH, SLIP OUT THE BACK, JACK ♪ ♪ MAKE A NEW PLAN, STAN ♪ ♪ YOU DON'T NEED TO BE COY, ROY ♪ ♪ JUST LISTEN TO ME ♪ ♪ HOP ON THE BUS, GUS ♪ ♪ YOU DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS MUCH ♪ ♪ JUST DROP OFF THE KEY, LEE ♪ ♪ AND GET YOURSELF FREE ♪ ♪ HOO ♪ ♪ ALL RIGHT ♪ [DRUMMER PLAYING SOLO] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] THAT'S STEVIE GADD ON DRUMS.
HOW YOU DOING?
ARE YOU COLD?
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] GOD, YOU LOOK GREAT FROM HERE.
[PLAYING "THE BOXER"] ♪ I AM JUST A POOR BOY ♪ ♪ THOUGH MY STORY'S SELDOM TOLD ♪ ♪ I HAVE SQUANDERED ♪ ♪ I HAVE SQUANDERED MY RESISTANCE ♪ ♪ FOR A POCKETFUL OF MUMBLES ♪ ♪ SUCH ARE PROMISES ♪ ♪ ALL LIES AND JEST ♪ ♪ STILL, A MAN HEARS WHAT HE WANTS TO HEAR ♪ ♪ AND DISREGARDS THE REST ♪ [HUMMING] ♪ WHEN I LEFT MY HOME AND MY FAMILY ♪ ♪ I WAS NO MORE THAN A BOY ♪ ♪ IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS ♪ ♪ IN THE QUIET OF A RAILWAY STATION ♪ ♪ RUNNING SCARED ♪ ♪ LAYING LOW, SEEKING OUT THE POORER QUARTERS ♪ ♪ WHERE THE RAGGED PEOPLE GO ♪ ♪ LOOKING FOR THE PLACES ONLY THEY WOULD KNOW ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LIE LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LIE LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ ASKING ONLY WORKMAN'S WAGES ♪ ♪ I COME LOOKING FOR A JOB ♪ ♪ BUT I GET NO OFFERS ♪ ♪ JUST A COME-ON FROM THE WHORES ♪ ♪ ON 7th AVENUE ♪ ♪ I DO DECLARE THERE WERE TIMES ♪ ♪ WHEN I WAS SO LONESOME ♪ ♪ I TOOK SOME COMFORT THERE ♪ ♪ OOH, LIE-LA-LIE LA LA LA LA ♪ ♪ NOW THE YEARS ARE ROLLING BY ME ♪ ♪ THEY ARE ROCKING EVENLY ♪ ♪ AND I AM OLDER THAN I ONCE WAS ♪ ♪ AND YOUNGER THAN I'LL BE ♪ ♪ THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL ♪ ♪ NO, IT ISN'T STRANGE ♪ ♪ AFTER CHANGES UPON CHANGES ♪ ♪ WE ARE MORE OR LESS THE SAME ♪ ♪ AFTER CHANGES ♪ ♪ WE ARE MORE OR LESS THE SAME ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LIE LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LIE LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LIE LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LIE LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ THEN I'M LAYING OUT MY WINTER CLOTHES ♪ ♪ AND WISHING I WAS GONE ♪ ♪ GOING HOME ♪ ♪ WHERE THE NEW YORK CITY WINTERS AREN'T ♪ ♪ BLEEDING ME ♪ [CHEERING] ♪ LEADING ME ♪ ♪ TO GOING HOME ♪ ♪ IN THE CLEARING STANDS A BOXER ♪ ♪ AND A FIGHTER BY HIS TRADE ♪ ♪ AND HE CARRIES THE REMINDERS ♪ ♪ OF EVERY GLOVE THAT LAID HIM DOWN ♪ ♪ OR CUT HIM TILL HE CRIED OUT ♪ ♪ IN HIS ANGER AND HIS SHAME ♪ ♪ "I AM LEAVING, I AM LEAVING" ♪ ♪ BUT THE FIGHTER STILL REMAINS ♪ ♪ YES, HE STILL REMAINS ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LIE LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LIE LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LIE LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LIE LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LIE LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LIE LIE-LA-LIE ♪ ♪ LIE-LA-LIE-LA-LIE ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] GARFUNKEL: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES.
THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS.
THANK YOU.
MADE US FEEL GREAT.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [CHEERING CONTINUES] [LOUDER CHEERING] [PLAYING "OLD FRIENDS"] ♪ OLD FRIENDS ♪ ♪ OLD FRIENDS ♪ ♪ SAT ON THEIR PARK BENCH LIKE BOOKENDS ♪ ♪ A NEWSPAPER BLOWN THROUGH THE GRASS ♪ ♪ FALLS ON THE ROUND TOES ♪ ♪ ON THE HIGH SHOES ♪ ♪ OF THE OLD FRIENDS ♪ ♪ OLD FRIENDS ♪ ♪ WINTER COMPANIONS ♪ ♪ THE OLD MEN ♪ ♪ LOST IN THEIR OVERCOATS ♪ ♪ WAITING FOR THE SUN ♪ ♪ THE SOUNDS OF THE CITY ♪ ♪ SIFTING THROUGH TREES ♪ ♪ SETTLES LIKE DUST ♪ ♪ ON THE SHOULDERS ♪ ♪ OF THE OLD FRIENDS ♪ ♪ CAN YOU IMAGINE US ♪ ♪ YEARS FROM TODAY ♪ ♪ SHARING A PARK BENCH QUIETLY?
♪ ♪ HOW TERRIBLY STRANGE TO BE 70 ♪ ♪ OLD FRIENDS ♪ ♪ MEMORY BRUSHES THE SAME YEARS ♪ ♪ SILENTLY SHARING THE SAME FEAR ♪ ♪ TIME IT WAS, AND WHAT A TIME ♪ ♪ IT WAS, IT WAS ♪ ♪ A TIME OF INNOCENCE ♪ ♪ A TIME OF CONFIDENCES ♪ ♪ LONG AGO, IT MUST BE ♪ ♪ I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH ♪ ♪ PRESERVE YOUR MEMORIES ♪ ♪ THEY'RE ALL THAT'S LEFT YOU ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "THE 59TH STREET SONG (FEELIN' GROOVY)"] [LOUDER CHEERING] ♪ SLOW DOWN, YOU MOVE TOO FAST ♪ ♪ YOU GOT TO MAKE THE MORNING LAST ♪ ♪ JUST KICKING DOWN THE COBBLESTONES ♪ ♪ LOOKING FOR FUN AND FEELIN' GROOVY ♪ ♪ BA DA DA DA DA DA DA, FEELIN' GROOVY ♪ ♪ HELLO, LAMPPOST, WHAT'CHA KNOWIN'?
♪ ♪ I'VE COME TO WATCH YOUR FLOWERS GROWIN' ♪ ♪ AIN'T'CHA GOT NO RHYMES FOR ME?
♪ ♪ DOOT-IN DOO-DOO, FEELIN' GROOVY ♪ ♪ BA DA DA DA DA DA DA, FEELIN' GROOVY ♪ ♪ I GOT NO DEEDS TO DO ♪ ♪ NO PROMISES TO KEEP ♪ ♪ I'M DAPPLED AND DROWSY AND READY TO SLEEP ♪ ♪ LET THE MORNING TIME DROP ALL ITS PETALS ON ME ♪ ♪ LIFE, I LOVE YOU ♪ ♪ ALL IS GROOVY ♪ ♪ BA DA DA DA DA DA DA ♪ ♪ BA DA DA DA DA DA DA ♪ ♪ BA DA DA DA DA DA DA ♪ ♪ BA DA DA DA DA DA DA ♪ ♪ BA DA DA DA DA DA DA ♪ ♪ BA DA DA DA DA DA DA ♪ ♪ BA DA DA DA DA DA DA ♪ ♪ BA DA DA DA DA DA DA ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] SIMON: WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE WANTED TO HAVE FIREWORKS TONIGHT.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] BUT, UM--BUT THEY WOULDN'T LET US HAVE THAT.
WELL, LET'S--WE'LL MAKE OUR OWN FIREWORKS HERE WITH OUR... [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] [PLAYING "THE SOUND OF SILENCE"] [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] ♪ HELLO, DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND ♪ ♪ I'VE COME TO TALK WITH YOU AGAIN ♪ ♪ BECAUSE A VISION SOFTLY CREEPING ♪ ♪ LEFT ITS SEEDS WHILE I WAS SLEEPING ♪ ♪ AND THE VISION THAT WAS PLANTED IN MY BRAIN ♪ ♪ STILL REMAINS ♪ ♪ WITHIN THE SOUND OF SILENCE ♪ ♪ IN RESTLESS DREAMS I WALKED ALONE ♪ ♪ NARROW STREETS OF COBBLESTONE ♪ ♪ 'NEATH THE HALO OF A STREETLAMP ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ 10,000 PEOPLE, MAYBE MORE ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] ♪ PEOPLE TALKING WITHOUT SPEAKING ♪ ♪ PEOPLE HEARING WITHOUT LISTENING ♪ ♪ PEOPLE WRITING SONGS ♪ ♪ THAT VOICES NEVER SHARE ♪ ♪ AND NO ONE DARE ♪ ♪ DISTURB THE SOUND 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 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" ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
[PLAYING "LATE IN THE EVENING"] ♪ FIRST THING I REMEMBER ♪ ♪ I WAS LYING IN MY BED ♪ ♪ COULDN'T HAVE BEEN NO MORE ♪ ♪ THAN ONE OR TWO ♪ ♪ AND I REMEMBER THERE'S A RADIO ♪ ♪ COMIN' FROM THE ROOM NEXT DOOR ♪ ♪ AND MY MOTHER LAUGHED ♪ ♪ THE WAY SOME LADIES DO ♪ ♪ WHEN IT'S LATE IN THE EVENING ♪ ♪ AND ALL THE MUSIC'S SEEPING THROUGH ♪ ♪ THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER ♪ ♪ I AM WALKING DOWN THE STREET ♪ ♪ I'M FEELING ALL RIGHT ♪ ♪ I'M WITH MY BOYS I'M WITH MY TROOPS, YEAH ♪ ♪ AND DOWN ALONG THE AVENUE ♪ ♪ SOME GUYS WERE SHOOTIN' POOL ♪ ♪ AND I HEARD THE SOUND OF A CAPPELLA GROUPS, YEAH ♪ ♪ SINGING LATE IN THE EVENING ♪ ♪ AND ALL THE GIRLS OUT ON THE STOOPS, YEAH ♪ ♪ THEN I LEARNED TO PLAY SOME LEAD GUITAR ♪ ♪ I WAS UNDERAGE IN THIS FUNKY BAR ♪ ♪ AND I STEPPED OUTSIDE TO SMOKE MYSELF A "J" ♪ ♪ AND WHEN I COME BACK TO THE ROOM ♪ ♪ EVERYBODY JUST SEEMED TO MOVE ♪ ♪ AND I TURNED MY AMP UP LOUD ♪ ♪ AND BEGAN TO PLAY ♪ ♪ AND IT WAS LATE ♪ ♪ IN THE EVENING ♪ ♪ AND I BLEW THAT ROOM AWAY ♪ ♪ FIRST THING I REMEMBER ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU CAME INTO MY LIFE ♪ ♪ I SAID, "I'M GONNA GET THAT GIRL" ♪ ♪ "NO MATTER WHAT I DO" ♪ ♪ WELL, I GUESS I'D BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE ♪ ♪ AND ONCE OR TWICE I'D BEEN ON THE FLOOR ♪ ♪ BUT I NEVER LOVED NO ONE ♪ ♪ THE WAY THAT I LOVED YOU ♪ ♪ AND IT WAS LATE IN THE EVENING ♪ ♪ AND ALL THE MUSIC SEEPING THROUGH ♪ ♪ FIRST THING I REMEMBER ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU CAME INTO MY LIFE ♪ ♪ I SAID, "I'M GONNA GET THAT GIRL" ♪ ♪ "NO MATTER WHAT I DO" ♪ ♪ WELL, I GUESS I'D BEEN ♪ IN LOVE BEFORE ♪ ♪ AND ONCE OR TWICE ♪ ♪ I'D BEEN ON THE FLOOR ♪ ♪ BUT I NEVER LOVED NO ONE ♪ ♪ THE WAY THAT I LOVED YOU ♪ ♪ AND IT WAS LATE IN THE EVENING ♪ ♪ AND ALL THE MUSIC SEEPING THROUGH ♪ ♪ WHOO ♪ [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park Preview
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