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Album information

Album title: The Graduate Soundtrack
Date of album release: February 2, 1968
Album producer: Teo Macero
Entrance of album to Billboard Pop Chart: March 16, 1968
Highest position held by album in Billboard Pop Chart: #01
Number of songs: 14
Notes: INSERT ALBUM NOTES HERE

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Album synopsis

     Sounds Of Silence is Simon & Garfunkel's second recorded album, but the first album that sold well both in the United States and in the United Kingdom.
     With the exception of Anji, all the songs (music and lyrics) are written and composed by Paul Simon.


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Track listing

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Track listing and approximate lengths (mins:secs):

  1. The Sound Of Silence (????)
  2. The Singleman Party Foxtrot
  3. Mrs. Robinson (version one)
  4. Sunporch Cha-cha-cha
  5. Scarborough Fair / Canticle (Interlude)
  6. On The Strip
  7. April Come She Will
  8. The Folks
  9. Scarborough Fair / Canticle
  10. A Great Effect
  11. The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine ???
  12. Whew
  13. Mrs. Robinson (version two)
  14. The Sound Of Silence (????)
3:05
2:10
2:45
2:49
2:40
3:05
2:48
2:24
2:05
2:48
2:52
2:16
2:52
3:05

Total time: 31:26
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Track One: The Sound Of Silence
by Paul Simon
(c) 1964 Paul Simon (BMI)

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 the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
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.

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.

"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

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 signs said,
The words of the prophets
      are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls.
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.

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Track Two: The Singleman Party Foxtrot
by David Grusin
(c) 1967 ????? (??)

(Instrumental)

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Track Three: Mrs. Robinson (version one)
by Paul Simon
(c) 1967 Paul Simon (BMI)

Mrs Robinson lyrics here
Much too long.

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Track Four: Sunporch Cha-cha-cha
by David Grusin
(c) 1965 ????? (??)

(Instrumental)

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Track Five: Scarborough Fair / Canticle (Interlude)
by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel
(c) 1966 Paul Simon (BMI)

(Instrumental)

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Track Six: On The Strip
by David Gursin
(c) 1967 ??? (??)

(Instrumental)

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Track Seven: April Come She Will
by Paul Simon
(c) 1965 Paul Simon (BMI)

April come she will
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain;
May, she will stay,
Resting in my arms again.

June, she'll change her tune,
In restless walks she'll prowl the night;
July, she will fly
And give no warning to her flight.

August, die she must,
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold;
September I'll remember.
A love once new has now grown old.

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Track Eight: The Folks
by David Grusin
(c) 1967 ???? (??)

(Instrumental)

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Track Nine: Scarborough Fair / Canticle
by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel
(c) 1966 Paul Simon (BMI)

[Simon and Garfunkel:]
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
Remember me to one who lives there?
She once was a true love of mine.

[Simon-1:]
On the side of a hill in the deep forest green.
Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested brown.
Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call.

[Garfunkel-1:]
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt:
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme;
Without no seams nor needle work,
Then she'll be a true love of mine.

[Simon-2:]
On the side of a hill a sprinkling of leaves.
Washes the grave with silvery tears.
A soldier cleans and polishes a gun.
Sleeps unaware of the clarion call.

[Garfunkel-2:]
Tell her to find me an acre of land:
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme;
Between the salt water and the sea strand,
Then she'll be a true love of mine.

[Simon-3:]
War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions.
General order their soldiers to kill.
And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten.

[Garfunkel-3:]
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather:
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme;
And gather it all in a bunch of heather,
Then she'll be a true love of mine.

[Simon and Garfunkel:]
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.
Remember me to one who lives there?
She once was a true love of mine.

(Instrumental bridge)

(Song sung again)

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Track Ten: A Great Effect
by David Grusin
(c) 1967 ???? (??)

(Instrumental)

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Track Eleven: The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine
by Paul Simon
(c) 1966 Paul Simon (BMI)

Do people have a tendency to dump on you?
Does your group have more cavities than theirs?
Do all the hippies seem to get the jump on you?
Do you sleep alone when other sleep in pairs?
Well there's no need to complain,
We'll eliminate your pain.
We can neutralize your brain.
You'll feel just fine
Now.
Buy a big bright green pleasure machine!

Do figures of authority just shoot you down?
Is life within the business world a drag?
Did your boss just mention that you'd better shop around
To find yourself a more productive bag?
Are you worried and distressed?
Can't seem to get no rest?
Put our product to the test.
You'll feel just fine
Now.
Buy a big bright green pleasure machine!

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Track Twelve: Whew
by David Grusin
(c) 1967 ????? (??)

(Instrumental)

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Track Thirteen: Mrs. Robinson
by Paul Simon
(c) 1968 Paul Simon (BMI)

And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson,
Jesus loves you more than you will know
(Wo, wo, wo).
Stand up tall, Mrs. Robinson,
God in Heaven smiles on those who pray
(Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey).

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Track Fourteen: The Sound Of Silence
by Paul Simon
(c) 1964 Paul Simon (BMI)

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 the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
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.

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.

"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

Hmmm mmm
Hmmm mmm
Hmmm mmm mmm
Hmmm mmm mmm
Hmmm mmm
Hmmm mmm mmm
      Hmmm mmm mmm
Hmmm mmm
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.

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