Street Angel Chords & Lyrics Artist: Paul Simon

INTRO
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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CHORUS
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~   My heart goes out to the street angels
 
Working their way back home
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My heart goes out to the street angels
 
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~   I saved my change for a street angel
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Working his way back home
 
VERSE 1
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I had this exchange with the street angel:
 
[spoken word to the rhythm]
"Nobody talks to me much
 
I said, nobody talks to me much
 
Nobody."
 
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So he says
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~    "I make my verse for the universe
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~     I write my rhymes for the universities
 
And I give it away for the hoot of it
 
I tell my tale for the toot of it
 
I wear my suit for the suit of it
 
The tree is bare, but the root of it
 
Goes deeper than logical reasoning
 
VERSE 2
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It's God goes fishing
 
And we are the fishes
 
He baits his lines
 
With prayers and wishes
 
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They sparkle in the shallows
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~     They catch the falling light
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~     We    hide our hearts like holy hostages
 
While hungry for the love, and so we bite."
 
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VERSE 3
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Working his way back ~    ho-me
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He's working his way ba-ck   ~
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They took him away in the am-bu-lance
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Made away with the am-bu-lance
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He waved goodbye from the am-bu-lance
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My heart goes out to the street angel