(Paul Simon)
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I have a number in my head
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Though I don't know why it's there
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When numbers get serious
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You see their shape everywhere
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Dividing and multiplying
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Exchanging with ease
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When times are mysterious
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Serious numbers are easy to please
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Take my address
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Take my phone
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Call me if you can
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Here's my address
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Here's my phone
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Please don't give it to some madman
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Hey hey, whoa whoa
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Complicated life
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Numbers swirling thick and curious
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You can cut them with a knife
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You can cut them with a knife
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Two times two is twenty-two
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Four times four is forty-four
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When numbers get serious
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They leave a mark on your door
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Urgent. Urgent.
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A telephone is ringing in the hallways
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When times are mysterious
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Serious numbers will speak to us always
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That is why a man with numbers
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Can put your mind at ease
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We've got numbers by the trillions
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Here and overseas
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Hey hey, whoa whoa
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Look at the stink about Japan
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All those numbers waiting patiently
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Don't you understand?
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Don't you understand?
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So wrap me
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Wrap me
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Wrap me do
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In the shelter of your arms
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I am ever your volunteer
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I won't do you any harm
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I will love innumerably
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You can count on my word
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When times are mysterious
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Serious numbers
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Will always be heard
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When times are mysterious
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Serious numbers will always be heard
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And after all is said and done
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And the numbers all come home
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The four rolls into three
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The three turns into two
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And the two becomes a
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One
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When Numbers Get Serious
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| Paul Simon |
