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