Simon And Garfunkel — I Am A Rock

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A winter's day 
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In a deep and dark December; 
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I  am alone, 
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Gazing from my window to the streets below 
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On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. 
 
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I am a rock, 
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I am an is-land. 
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I've built walls, 
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A fortress deep and mighty, 
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That none may penetrate. 
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I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. 
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It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. 
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I am a rock, 
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I am an is-land. 
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Don't talk of love, 
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I've heard the words before; 
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It's sleeping in my memory. 
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And I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. 
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If I never loved I never would have cried. 
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I am a rock, 
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I am an is-land. 
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I have my BOOKS 
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And my poetry to protect me; 
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I am shielded in my armor, 
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Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. 
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I touch no one and no ONE TOUCHES me. 
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I am a rock, 
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I am an is-land. 
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And a rock  feels no pain; 
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And an island never cries.