Sound Of Silence

Dm C

Hello darkness my old friend

Dm

I've come to talk with you again

F Bb F

Because a vision soft ly creeping

Bb F

Left his seeds while I was sleep ing

Bb F

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Dm F C D

Still remain within the sound of silenc e.

Verse 1:

In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobbled stone

'Neath the halo of a street lamp

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

That split the night and touched the sound of silence.

Verse 2:

And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people maybe more

People talking without speaking

People hearing without listening

People writing songs that voices never share

And no one dare disturb the sound of silence

Verse 3:

Fools said I you do not know

Silence like a cancer grow

Hear my words that I might teach you

Take my arm that I might reach you

But my words like silent raindrops fell

And echoed in the well of silence

Verse 4:

And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon god they made

And the sign flashed out its warning

In the words that it was forming

And the sign said

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls