Paul Simon Lyrics

Album: Graceland

All Around the World Or The Myth of Fingerprints Lyrics

Over the mountain 

Down in the valley 

Lives a former talk-show host 

Everybody knows his name 

He says there's no doubt about it 

It was the myth of fingerprints 

I've seen them all and man 

They're all the same 

Well, the sun gets weary 

And the sun goes down 

Ever since the watermelon 

And the lights come up 

On the black pit town 

Somebody says what's a better thing to do 

Well, it's not just me 

And it's not just you 

This is all around the world 

Out in the Indian Ocean somewhere 

There's a former army post 

Abandoned now just like the war 

And there's no doubt about it 

It was the myth of fingerprints 

That's what that old army post was for 

Well, the sun gets bloody 

And the sun goes down 

Ever since the watermelon 

And the lights come up 

On the black pit town 

Somebody says what's a better thing to do 

Well, it's not just me 

And it's not just you 

This is all around the world 

Over the mountain 

Down in the valley 

Lives the former talk-show host 

Far and wide his name was known 

He said there's no doubt about it 

It was the myth of fingerprints 

That's why we must learn to live alone