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Patterns is a track by Paul Simon, taken from the album “The Paul Simon Songbook”, released February 12, 2004 on Columbia/Legacy. It runs 3:03. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside I Am a Rock, Leaves That Are Green, A Church Is Burning. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- Patterns
- Artist
- Paul Simon
- Release
- The Paul Simon Songbook
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 3:03
- Release date
- February 12, 2004
- Record label
- Columbia/Legacy
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
Find another songOh, the night sets softly
With the hush of falling leaves
Casting shivering shadows
On the houses through the trees
And the light from a street lamp
Paints a pattern on my wall
Like the pieces of a puzzle
Or a child's uneven scrawl
Up a narrow flight of stairs
In a narrow little room
As I lie upon my bed
In the early evening gloom
Impaled on my wall
My eyes can dimly see
The pattern of my life
And the puzzle that is me
From the moment of my birth
To the instant of my death
There are patterns I must follow
Just as I must breathe each breath
Like a rat in a maze
The path before me lies
And the pattern never alters
Until the rat dies
And the pattern still remains
On the wall where darkness fell
And it's fitting that it should
For in darkness I must dwell
Like the color of my skin
Or the day that I grow old
My life is made of patterns
That can scarcely be controlled
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