[ti:you can call me al]
[ar:paul simon]
[00:14.62]A  man  walks  down  the  street,
[00:16.34]He  says,Why  am  I  soft  in  the  middle  now?
[00:18.55]Why  am  I  soft  in  the  middle?
[00:20.06]The  rest  of  my  life  is  so  hard!
[00:22.27]I  need  a  photo-opportunity,
[00:23.02]I  want  a  shot  at  redemption!
[00:25.80]Don't  want  to  end  up  a  cartoon,
[00:27.56]In  a  cartoon  graveyard .....
[00:29.40]Bonedigger,Bonedigger,
[00:31.56]Dogs  in  the  moonlight.
[00:33.28]Far  away,my  well-lit  door.
[00:36.56]Mr.Beerbelly,Beerbelly,
[00:38.75]Get  these  mutts  away  from  me!
[00:40.06]You  know,I  don't  find  this  stuff  amusing  anymore ....
[00:44.25]If  you'll  be  my  bodyguard,
[00:46.22]I  can  be  your  long  lost  pal!
[00:52.02]I  can  call  you  Betty,
[00:53.15]And  Betty,when  you  call  me,
[00:54.87]You  can  call  me  Al!
[00:59.56]A  man  walks  down  the  street,
[01:01.02]He  says,Why  am  I  short  of  attention?
[01:02.64]Got  a  short  little  span  of  attention,
[01:05.02]And  whoa,my  nights  are  so  long!
[01:06.98]Where's  my  wife  and  family?
[01:08.29]What  if  I  die  here?
[01:09.81]Who'll  be  my  role-model?
[01:12.58]Now  that  my  role-model  is ....
[01:14.15]Gone ......gone,
[01:16.01]He  ducked  back  down  the  alley,
[01:17.58]With  some  roly-poly,little  bat-faced  girl.
[01:21.06]All  along ....along ....
[01:23.13]There  were  incidents  and  accidents,
[01:25.15]There  were  hints  and  allegations .....
[01:29.03]If  you'll  be  my  bodyguard,
[01:31.00]I  can  be  your  long  lost  pal!
[01:36.85]I  can  call  you  Betty,
[01:38.36]And  Betty,when  you  call  me,
[01:40.05]You  can  call  me  Al!
[01:43.22]Call  me  Al ......
[02:29.32]A  man  walks  down  the  street,
[02:31.04]It's  a  street  in  a  strange  world.
[02:32.65]Maybe  it's  the  Third  World.
[02:34.81]Maybe  it's  his  first  time  around.
[02:36.73]He  doesn't  speak  the  language,
[02:38.09]He  holds  no  currency.
[02:40.51]He  is  a  foreign  man,
[02:42.26]He  is  surrounded  by  the  sound,sound ....
[02:46.15]Cattle  in  the  marketplace.
[02:47.92]Scatterlings  and  orphanages.
[02:51.00]He  looks  around,around .....
[02:52.92]He  sees  angels  in  the  architecture,
[02:55.27]Spinning  in  infinity,
[02:56.88]He  says,Amen!and  Hallelujah!
[02:58.49]If  you'll  be  my  bodyguard,
[03:00.72]I  can  be  your  long  lost  pal!
[03:06.57]I  can  call  you  Betty,
[03:07.83]And  Betty,when  you  call  me,
[03:09.63]You  can  call  me  Al!
[03:13.26]You  can  call  me  Al ......