Simon & Garfunkel - American Tune | Текст песни

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opening comment*

Many's the time I've been mistaken
And many times, confused
Yes, and I've often felt forsaken
And certainly misused

Ah, but I'm alright, I'm alright
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 alright, it's alright
For we've 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's [I was] dying
I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me
Smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I's flying

And high up above, my eyes could clearly see
The Statue of Liberty
Sailing away to sea
And I dreamed I's flying

For we come on the ship they called the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hour
And sing an American tune

But it's alright, it's alright
You can't be forever blessed
Still, tomorrow's gonna [going to] be another working day
And I'm trying to get some rest,
That's all, I'm trying to get some rest

* This concert in New York's Central Park was their first performance together in many years. With 500,000 in the audience, the evening was magical... Garfunkel felt it when he said, "I'm so in the mood..."

Simon laughed and turned to the band, pretending to introduce an unplanned song. Glenn Miller's "In The Mood" was a very famous American tune from the World War II era.

** "bon vivant" is a French expression meaning "the good life." The song says it's hard to feel good when you're so disconnected from your roots, or "origins."

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