Paul Simon - So Beautiful Or So What Lyrics






I'm gonna make a chicken gumbo
Toss some sausage in the pot
I'm gonna flavor it with okra
Cayenne pepper to make it hot
You know life is what we make of it
So beautiful or so what
I'm gonna tell my kids a bedtime story
A play without a plot
Will it have a happy ending?
Maybe yes, maybe not
I tell them life is what you make of it
So beautiful or so what
So beautiful, so beautiful
So what

I'm just a raindrop in a bucket
A coin dropped in a slot
I am an empty house on Weed Street
Across the road from a vacant lot
You know life is what you make of it
So beautiful or so what

Ain't it strange the way we're ignorant
How we seek out bad advice
How we jigger it and figure it
Mistaking value for the price
And play a game with time and love
Like a pair of rolling dice
So beautiful, so beautiful
So what

Four men on the balcony
Overlooking the parking lot
Pointing at a figure in the distance
Dr. King has just been shot
And the siren's long melody
Singing savior pass me not

Ain't it strange the way we're ignorant
How we seek out bad advice
How we jigger it and figure it
Mistaking value for the price
And play a game with time and love
Like a pair of rolling dice
So beautiful, so beautiful
So beautiful...





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  1. F.... B....

    A poet and musical genius for the ages and for all of us to appreciate NOW.

  2. C.... ....

    Love Mark Stewart's Playing .

  3. b.... ....

    This song is so 🦋 I really love the lyrics*the band can play just about any instrument 🎷🥁🎸🎺

  4. C.... S....

    Jeez Paul where was I when you did this? It’s greatness personified

  5. F.... ....

    All right, I confess to being late to this one. (It's Feb. 2019 as I write this.) Listened to the late-getting-to CD yesterday. Wanted to see it as played. Got to see Paul and crew second to the last tour. So tight, so vital, the songs and the playing. This is brilliant, add it to the canon of his extraordinary career. Okay, I was guilty, but damn, why aren't the hits 12,548,000 in the least (125,480 as I write this.) Or more justifiably (compared to the hits on manufactured pop product these days) 125,480,000. Can't think anyone else who could have done this, combination of energy and subtle beauty. Layered. The crowd there got it. Ah well, so it goes. Like the title says.

  6. D.... C....

    And the sirens' long melody, singing Saviour pass me not. No words. Just tears.

    D.... C....

    Why pass me not? It is the essence of passover :)

  7. N.... N....

    Great riff!!!

  8. G.... V....

    killer riff

  9. J.... G....

    I Gus you are. Doing good.i think I’ve had to much to drink 🍷

  10. D.... D....

    Love this song... just listened to the album again and this is THE track.....ace.

  11. M.... H....

    Mitä vanhemmaks Pool tulee, tuntuu aina vaan paremmaleta

    M.... H....

    What you said

  12. A.... R....

    Four men on the balcony
    Overlooking the parking lot
    Pointing at a figure in the distance
    Dr. King has just been shot
    And the sirens long melody
    Singing savior pass me not
    Ain't it strange the way we're ignorant
    How we seek out bad advice
    How we jigger it and figure it
    Mistaking value for the price
    And play a game with time and love
    Like a pair of rolling dice
    So beautiful, so beautiful
    So beautiful

    A.... R....

    so what? ;-) ...---...

    A.... R....

    @Mariusz Fidzinski This is such a strong part. It gives me goosebumps.

  13. C.... ....

    I kind of want to hear Adrien Belew and Paul duo.

  14. A.... w....

    Wristband - The name of a brand new song from Paul Simon in 2016. He has a performance of it up on youtube now. Have it a go!

  15. L.... ....

    Paul Simon always gives me something to think about, and it's so easy to hear. This is the last song I will listen to before going to sleep, let it go on in my mind, as I drift off. Mmmm

    L.... ....

    There's nobody who can measures up to Paul Simon...EVER!!!

  16. a.... ....

    Love gumbo...toss some sausage, chicken, ham in the pot...finish with a lb of shrimp...yea...

  17. m.... l....

    Just found out about Mr. Paul Simon new CD and this new song that is featured on there its really cool. I like the music and the words. Niceeeeeee. Check it out and give your feed back on this and about his new CD with more other sound collections. Enjoy the ride. I LIKE.

  18. A.... ....

    and coming to Bluesfest Byron Bay Australia next Easter - along with Robert Plant, Rufus Wainwright, Iggy Pop, Steve Miller and OMG so many others ..... Excited ??? You bet yr sweet life I AM EXCITED !!!!

  19. C.... R....

    Kid, let me type out the chicken gumbo. I have been there. You, kid, want to go there. Boring? Sure, boring to an end (if that pleases you) ... your music should always flow down the river. I will offer fritters and harp to folks on the river. The Hudson, that is, t'ween Waterford and Troy. Yar!

  20. G.... ....

    So what, so boring.

    G.... ....

    Did you get the right pills from your dr🤔

  21. s.... d....

    Perfection.

  22. s.... ....

    The musicianship never ceases to amaze me.

    s.... ....

    This is the pinnacle of artistry.