I am a Rock
paul simon
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A winter's day in a deep and dark december
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I  am alone 
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gazing fom my window to the streets below
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on a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow
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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 for friendship, friendship causes pain
it's laughter and it's loving I disdain
I am a rock, I am an island

Don't talk of love, But I've heard the word before
It's sleeping in my memory
I won't distutrb 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 have my books and my powetry 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
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and rock feels no pain
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and an island never cries