Kathy's Song
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(Paul Simon)
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I hear the drizzle of the rain
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Like a memory it falls
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Soft and warm continuing
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Tapping on my roof and walls
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My mind's distracted and confused
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My thoughts are many miles away
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They lie with you when you're asleep
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Kiss you when you start the day
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And as I watch the drops of rain
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Weave their weary paths and die
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I know that I am like the rain
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There before the grace of you go I
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?Tab/Chords
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found on (#1) TAT (cd/cas), WW; (#2) LAP. Compilations: Acoustic; Acoustic Chill; Maid In Manhattan (Original Soundtrack); Mystera #8; Songbirds - The Essential Album; [more...] Ultimate Chick Flick Love Songs.
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?#1 is base text. Variants in #2:
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After l. 4 Eva sings original second stanza:
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'And from the shelter of my mind
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Through the window of my eyes
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I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets
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To a land where my heart lies'.
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In the last line Paul Simon sings 'England': see text at Paul Simon's website (for list of lyrics select Songs in the Navigation bar).
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After l. 8:
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'Now the song I was writing is left undone
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I don't know why I spend my time
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Writing songs I can't believe
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With words that tear and strain to rhyme'.
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And this:
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'And so you see I have come to doubt
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All that I once held was true
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I stand alone without beliefs
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The only truth I know is you'.
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?Thus LAP is full version, but TAT, a demo, omits stanzas 2, 4-5 of the original six.
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?l. 12: we do hear 'before'; Paul Simon sings 'but for'.
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?KS took its name from Paul Simon's English girlfriend Kathy Chitty, who also adorns the cover of his Song Book album.
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?French translation (search for: Eva Cassidy).
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?PL - Song by song.
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original: Paul Simon (1965).
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covers: Shawn Colvin (1998); Ryan & Rachel O'Donnell (2003); Simon & Garfunkle (1966); Nancy Wilson (1999) (Cover Info; Covers Project).
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?Original tab by aniafelskowska at Yahoo EC group (Marta).
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tab by evafan25 (Matt).
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chords by Gianni Filippini.
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111 Kathy's Song
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