A Poem On The Underground Wall by Simon & Garfunkel
Key: CC | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro
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Verse 1
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The last train is nearly due, the underground is closing soon,
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And in the dark deserted station, restless in anticipation,
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A man waits in the shadows.
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His restless eyes leap and scratch, at all that they can touch or catch,
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And hidden deep within his pocket, safe within his silent socket,
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He holds a coloured crayon.
Chorus
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Now from the tunnel's stony womb, the carriage rides to meet the groom,
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And opens wide and welcome doors, but he hesitates, then withdraws
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Deeper in the shadows.
Verse 2
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And the train is gone suddenly, on wheels clicking silently
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Like a gently tapping litany, and he holds his crayon rosary
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Tighter in his hand.
Chorus
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Now from his pocket quick he flashes, the crayon on the wall he slashes,
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Deep upon the advertising, a single-worded poem comprised of
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Four letters.
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And his heart is laughing, screaming, pounding, 
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The poem across the tracks rebounding,
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Shadowed by the exit light, his legs take their ascending flight
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To seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night.