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Simon & Garfunkel

The Sound of Silence

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Folk-Rock

The Sound of Silence was released on January 17, 1966 by Columbia as a part of the album Sounds of Silence

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OVERVIEW

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Al Gorgoni

Electric Guitar

Art Garfunkel

Vocals

Bobby Gregg

Drums

Paul Simon

Vocals

Vinnie Bell

Electric Guitar

Bob Bushnell

Bass

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Paul Simon

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Bob Johnston

Producer

Roy Halee

Engineer

Tom Wilson

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Hello darkness my old friend

I've come to talk with you again

Because a vision softly creeping

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

And a vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains

Within the sound of silence

[Verse 2]

In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone

'Neath the halo of a streetlamp

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

That split the night

And touched the sound of silence

[Verse 3]

And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more

People talking without speaking

People hearing without listening

People writing songs that voices never share

And no one dared

Disturb the sound of silence

[Verse 4]

"Fools", said I, "You do not know

Silence like a cancer grows

Hear my words that I might teach you

Take my arms that I might reach you"

But my words like silent raindrops fell

And echoed

In the wells of silence

[Verse 5]

And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon god they made

And the sign flashed out its warning

In the words that it was forming

And the sign said, the words of the prophets

Are written on the subway walls

And tenement halls

And whispered in the sounds of silence

Written by: Paul Simon

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