Art Garfunkel - Woyaya Lyrics

I've thought of getting a personalized license plate for my car, "WOYAYA", but I figure that 99% of people wouldn't understand it. Still, it might be worth it for the 1% who would.
Awesome song!

Love this song, wandering along a narrow road, going up to the top.

Jukebox....me & friend Jim Taylor at Bowling Green , students, over pizza & beer......good times....mid seventies...D.

Much prefer the rendition by the 5th dimension. This version doesn't even say the title anywhere in the song.

I prefer the version by Osibisa. Have you listended to that one?

George, just went and listened to the 5th Dim version. Personally, I would rank them Osibisa, Garfunkel, 5th Dim. Not that I think you are wrong. Your tastes are your tastes. No arguing them, as the Romans would say.

@San Fran Sam I like the original by Osibisa but I prefer the 5th Dimension version to it because it has a stronger arrangement to my ear. Garfunkel loses the West African aura altogether for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmx0amXquao, you may compare with the Czech version .... :-)

My mum use to sing me this song when I was a baby, it was the lyrics ❤️

OMG That was like listening to my 70s Osibisa vinyl album sung by the librarians in the Temple, TX library. Well, at least the musicians had the same album and chose to like that song

Conocí ésta canción por el grupo de Ghana : " OSIBISA" ... en los 70' estaba de moda la música Africana... y OSIBISA la popularizó a todo el Mundo...

a song becomes great when many other artists cover it, sol amerfio gets the ctedit for writing the song, but the drum beat he plays on 3/4 time is very different and that makes the song unique. sol amerfio is another blessed artist, he still plays drums at the age of 80. lets thank him for the song, and also all who makes cover versions. \(°-°)/....

Nice one. Art G. has taste to match his great voice.

Osibisa

I enjoy the original by Osibisa the most....the drums the voices are richer in texture.

But Art deserves to carry us as only he can; a great song nevertheless.

Happy and sad song.
Love it though.

This song makes me feel happy and sad at the same time...

I love this.

30 e poucos anos e uma máquina do tempo #lena

Sol Amarfio, Osibisa. Its a classic

Recorded in 1973 at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

johnadamsisadrunk right name.wrong city.

My mistake it was San Francisco.

I’ve always LOVED this!!!

nearly 45 years ago! Feeling the joy and feeling the pain!

In 2012, my third grade students and I (and the music teacher) worked ourselves to death practicing this wonderful song for the our school's Christmas show. No matter how much we tried, it never came out right. I soon realized it was Garfunkel's voice that was missing. They still did great with "Dear Old Santa Claus."

Robert
Bobby you should have me to lend a Ghanaian hand. Art Americanized it wonderfully with that voice of his, but the original can also stand alone

Great song by all standards

I did this song as music teacher at Grace Church in Manhattan with my elementary school students in the 1980s. I taught the harmony parts to different grade levels, so it sounded wonderful when it all came together in the church. I just wish I had a recording of that!

Beautiful song, and the best song in the album.

this song is the best on this album imo

Art, you're simply the BEST! You have to see Art live, he's dynamite...what a beautiful voice.     Thanks for posting, kylecrazyford.

I just saw him perform tonight, here in Berlin. His voice is still amazing. His son sang a few songs, duos with his father and also alone...Art. Jr sounds just like his father as a young man. So glad I got to see Art, after 50 years of loving his music!

Just doesn't have the depth of the original.

I prefer Garfunkel to Osibisa...

@step What does it matter, a beautiful song is a beautiful song, no matter who is singing it. Comparing various renditions of a song is like comparing kleenex to macaroni, absolutely pointless. Just enjoy.

Muchos recuerdos.

I prefer the original...

@Jacques van Velzen indeed! still, mesmerizing.

+Jacques van Velzen
Agreed.
I was listening to Osibisa in high school (class of '75) and this is so tame by comparison.
But it gave the song a wider audience, I imagine.

beautiful song!

Great happy song.

I love both the original and this :)

Me too!

I love dis Ghanaian song . But to hear one half of da greatest duo music group to record it ..mind blowing

This Cat was far ahead of his time...wait and see what happens when he passes from this world!!

...maybe the world will stop and turn backwards for a number of years!😁

everything a spiritual should be ... beautiful, simple and inspiring...

Osibisa..song written by Sol Amarfio... greatest Afro pop group ever in the UK

Buena interpretación, pero Osibisa mejor

It's high life not afro pop

Rossz interpretáció

but osibisa was better, anyhow , somehow

I respectfully disagree. I love the classic beauty that Mr. Garfunkel's voice brings to this wonderful song.

the respectfully disagreeness had been disabled

+Janos Kenyeres gg

The thing about re work is that you can always spice it up. I think this one is better but it does not take away from the genius of Osibisa

Janos Kenyeres - Everyone makes up there own mind what they like better. It does not make a damned bit a difference what you or anyone says is better. It is just like food, everyone has their own taste and that is what determines what people like better, not objectively what is better. What sexsex said below, a person may enjoy Garfunkel's voice better and his version, but he is right that it does not take away from the genius of Osibisa.

I don't know why, but "All I know" from the same recording and this just to listen directly after "All I know" - for me it's like these two songs are meant to be together (stupid comment?). Anyway, like it so much.

much prefer the original

Spirtuals always evoke us with the courage to face our karmas and Get Therre....WOYAYA WOYA YO

RS Greetings Art

Wonderful song. The music, Art's angelic voice and the beautiful children singing along...PERFECTION!

You're right, but I feel that "we will" puts a tint of deep hope and wishes, and I like a lot. Regards from Chile.

Written by Sol Amarfio? So this great song came from the mind of a Ghanaian brother? Osibisa were actually greater than they were given credit for. It says a lot about them than another great musical mind like Art Garfunkel could recognise it. An evergreen, regardless of what happened to Osibisa.

get osibisa

I love Art Garfunkel! i really like this song!

This song gives me hope.

@kylecrazyford ''drek'' means shit

... skvělé ... Bessy ( CZ )

so simple, but so beautiful.

the lyric should be "we know within" .. but this is still beautiful

@jopaddy81 coming from a black african perspective the message behind it is pretty symbolic!

@Adjei88 dude, its the same thing. The words are the same

We are going, heaven knows where we are going,
We'll know we're there.
We will get there, heaven knows how we will get there,
We know we will.

It will be hard we know
And the road will be muddy and rough,
But we'll get there, heaven knows how we will get there,
We know we will.

We are going, heaven knows where we are going,
We'll know we're there.

osibisa version has more meaning

Glad You Liked It.

"funny" i get to be the first to comment on this drek.

thank you kylecrazyford, i didn't really mean that, i like the song and i drive a Ford.