Simon & Garfunkel's
The Sound Of Silence, version two (from The Graduate Soundtrack)

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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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Song information

Title of song: The Sound Of Silence
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Song originally released on: The Graduate Soundtrack
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Appears on. . .

The Graduate Soundtrack
The Graduate Soundtrack
1968

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