The Teacher Lyrics

The Teacher lyrics

Words & music by paul simon



There once was a teacher of great
renown

Whose words were like the tablets of stone

Because it's
easier to learn than unlearn

Because we've passed the point of no
return

Gather your goods and follow me

Or you will surely die



Verse:



I was only a child of the city

My parents
were children of immigrant stock

So we followed as followers go

Over a mountain with a napkin of snow

And ate the berries and roots

That grow along the timberline

Deeper and deeper the dreamer of love
sleeps on a quilt of stars





Bridge:

It's cold

Sometimes you can't catch your breath

It's cold



Verse:

Time and abundance thickened his step

So the teacher divided in two

One half ate the forests and fields

The other half sucked all the
moisture from the clouds

And we, we were amazed at the power of his
appetite

Deeper and deeper the dreamer of love sleeps on a quilt of
stars



Verse:

Sometimes we don't know who we are

Sometimes force overpowers us and we cry

My teacher carry me home



Carry me home my teacher

Carry me home

Carry me home my
teacher

Carry me home