Paul Simon - Duncan
Couple in the next room
Bound to win a prize
They've been going at it all night long
When I'm trying to get some sleep
But these motel walls are cheap.
Lincoln Duncan is my name
And here's my song
Here's my song.
My father was a fisherman
My mama was a fisherman's friend
And I was born in the boredom and the chowder
So when I reached my prime
I left my home in the maritimes
Headed down the turnpike for New England
Sweet New England.
Holes in my confidence
Holes in the knees of my jeans
It's left without a penny in my pocket
Ooo wee I's about as
destituted as a kid could be
And I wished I wore a ring
So I could hock it
I'd like to hock it.
A young girl in a Parking lot
Was preaching to a crowd
Singing sacred songs and
reading from the Bible
Well I told her I was lost
And she told me all about the Pentecost
And I seen that girl as the road to my survival.
Just later on the very same night
When I crept to her tent with a flashlight
And my long years of innocence ended
Well she took me to the woods saying
"Here comes something and it feels so good!"
And just like a dog. I was befriended
I was befriended.
Oh, oh, what a night
Oh what a garden of delight
Even now that sweet memory lingers
I was playing my guitar
Lying underneath the stars
Just thanking the Lord for my fingers
For my fingers.
In 1965, Simon knew the folkloric group "Los Incas" (Had a long journey, enhanced by the contribution of many musicians from various countries who formed) in the same scene in which it acted, the "Theatre of the L'Est Parisienne", in Paris.
Paul Simon wrote the lyric of "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" from a song (this song was based on a ancient Andean melody) contained in a zarzuela "El Condor Pasa" composed by Daniel AlomÃas Robles in 1913; and with the compained of "Los Incas" recorded this song. In fact, in the credits of "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)", that appeared in the album "Bridge Over Troubled Water"(1970), their name is briefed.
For his album "Paul Simon"(1972), the North American composer contracted the same group, that already was called "Urubamba"; and with their "quena", "charango", "antara" and "bombo", accompany in "Duncan". Then they was invited to participate in a Tour. The versions appear in "Paul Simon in Concert Live Rhymin", that was published in February of 1974. and "Paul Simon In Concert Live Composin' a songwriter and the Band with Urubamba and The Jessy Dion Singers" recorded live at Tokyo Budokan in 20 February 1974. The leader of group "Los Incas" then "Urubamba" is Mr. Jorge Milchberg.
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Rating: 4.90 (70 ratings)
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