Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
After establishing their folk cred by performing popular covers on the first two tracks of “Wednesday Morning, 3AM”, Paul and Artie unveil their first original song, “Bleecker Street,” a poetic illustration of the loneliness, confusion and feelings of insignificance and emotional disconnect that ca...
[Verse 1]
Fog's rollin' in off the East River bank
Like a shroud it covers Bleecker Street
Fills the alleys where men sleep
Hides the shepherd from the sheep
[Verse 2]
Voices leaking from a sad cafe
Smiling faces try to understand
I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand
On Bleecker Street
[Verse 3]
A poet reads his crooked rhyme
Holy, holy is his sacrament
Thirty dollars pays your rent
On Bleecker Street
[Verse 4]
I heard a church bell softly chime
In a melody sustaining
It's a long road to Canaan
On Bleecker Street
[Verse 5]
Mmm
Ooh
Ooh
Bleecker Street
Bleecker Street was written by Paul Simon.
Bleecker Street was produced by Tom Wilson.
Simon & Garfunkel released Bleecker Street on Mon Oct 19 1964.