I Am A Rock
1965 by Paul Simon

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A winter's day, in a deep and dark December;
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I   am  all alone,       gazing from my window to the streets below
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On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
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I am a Rock,       I am an island.

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I've built walls, a fortress deep and mighty,
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That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship;  Friendship causes pain.
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 It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
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I Am A Rock,    I am an island.

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Don't talk of love, but I've heard the words before;
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It's sleeping in my memory. I won't disturb the slumber of feelingsThat have died. 
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If I never loved I never would have cried.
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I Am A Rock        I am an island.

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I have my books, and my poetry to protect me;
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I am shielded in my armor, hiding in my room, save within my womb.
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I touched no one and no one touches me.
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I Am A Rock, I am an island.

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And a rock feels no pain;
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And an island never cries!