Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Red House Painters
Performer
Anthony Koutsos
Performer
Jerry Vessel
Performer
Mark Kozelek
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Simon
Songwriter
Lyrics
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 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 this word before
It's sleeping in my memory
I won't disturb the slumber of the 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 armour
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
Writer(s): Paul Simon
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