作曲 : Paul Simon
 作词 : Simon
Over the mountain
Down in the valley

Lives a former talk-show host

Everybody knows his name

He says there's no doubt about it

It was the myth of fingerprints

I've seen them all and man
They're all the same

Well, the sun gets weary
And the sun goes down
Ever since the watermelon
And the lights come up
On the black pit town

Somebody says what's a better thing to do

Well, it's not just me
And it's not just you
This is all around the world

Out in the Indian Ocean somewhere

There's a former army post

Abandoned now just like the war

And there's no doubt about it

It was the myth of fingerprints

That's what that old army post was for

Well, the sun gets bloody
And the sun goes down
Ever since the watermelon

And the lights come up
On the black pit town

Somebody says what's a better thing to do

Well, it's not just me
And it's not just you
This is all around the world

Over the mountain
Down in the valley
Lives the former talk-show host

Far and wide his name was known

He said there's no doubt about it
It was the myth of fingerprints

That's why we must learn to live alone