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Artist: Paul Simon
Canonical path: /paul-simon/jonah
Related lyric paths: 6
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Jonah
Read Jonah lyrics by Paul Simon on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Jonah
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Half and hour you change your strings and tune up
Sizing the room up
Checking the bar
Local girls unspoken conversations
Misinformation
Plays the guitar
They say jonah was swallowed by a whale
But I say there's no truth to that tale
I know jonah
Was swallowed by a song
No one lets their dreams be taken lightly
They hold them tightly
Warm against cold
One more year of traveling 'round this ciruit
Then you can work it into gold
Here's to all the boys who came along
Carrying soft guitars in cardboard cases
All night long
Do you wonder where those boys have gone?
Do you wonder where those boys have gone?
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Paul Simon performs "Jonah", and this lyric page sits inside the Paul Simon catalog on LyroVerse.
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