The Obvious Child-Paul Simon

[ti:The Obvious Child] [ar:Paul Simon] [al:Songwriter] [by:] [offset:0] [00:26.27]I'm accustomed to a smooth ride [00:27.52] [00:29.08]Or maybe i'm a dog who's lost its bite [00:30.89] [00:31.58]I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more [00:33.64] [00:34.64]I don't expect to sleep through the night [00:36.70] [00:37.77]Some people say a lie's a lie's a lie [00:39.64]But i say why [00:40.33] [00:41.08]Why deny the obvious child [00:43.37]Why deny the obvious child [00:44.43] [00:47.18]And in remembering a road sign [00:48.50] [00:49.62]I am remembering a girl when i was young [00:51.68] [00:55.68]And we said these songs are true [00:57.06] [00:57.68]These days are ours [00:58.37] [00:58.99]These tears are free And hey [01:00.50] [01:01.74]The cross is in the ballpark [01:02.68] [01:04.43]The cross is in the ballpark [01:05.43] [01:09.12]We had a lot of fun [01:10.68]We had a lot of money [01:11.68] [01:14.41]We had a little son and we thought we'd call him sonny [01:16.79] [01:19.61]Sonny gets married and moves away [01:21.28] [01:22.17]Sonny has a baby and bills to pay [01:23.79] [01:24.79]Sonny gets sunnier [01:25.35] [01:26.28]Day by day by day by day [01:27.86] [01:39.41]I've been waking up at sunrise [01:40.48] [01:41.97]I've been following the light across my room [01:43.55] [01:44.74]I watch the night receive the room of my day [01:47.80] [01:49.62]Some people say the sky is just the sky [01:51.80] [01:52.49]But i say [01:52.93] [01:53.74]Why deny the obvious child [01:54.99] [01:56.18]Why deny the obvious child [01:58.05] [02:10.55]Sonny sits by his window and thinks to himself [02:14.36] [02:15.74]How it's strange that some rooms are like cages [02:18.49] [02:20.49]Sonny's yearbook from high school [02:23.49]Is down from the shelf [02:24.80] [02:25.93]And he idly thumbs through the pages [02:28.18] [02:30.55]Some have died [02:31.11] [02:32.99]Some have fled from themselves [02:34.36] [02:36.05]Or struggled from here to get there [02:38.74] [02:40.55]Sonny wanders beyond his interior walls [02:44.49] [02:45.93]Runs his hand through his thinning brown hair [02:48.80] [02:50.30]Well i'm accustomed to a smoother ride [02:51.93] [02:53.30]Maybe i'm a dog that's lost his bite [02:55.37]I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more [02:57.55] [02:58.24]I don't expect to sleep the night [02:59.87] [03:00.43]Some people say a lie is just a lie [03:02.99]But i say the cross is in the ballpark [03:05.36] [03:06.55]Why deny the obvious child