Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean-Paul Simon

[ti:Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean] [ar:Paul Simon] [al:Surprise] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.27]Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean - Paul Simon (保罗·西蒙) [00:01.10]Written by：Paul Simon/Brian Eno [00:01.54] [00:19.48]Once upon a time there was an ocean [00:22.62] [00:23.98]But now it's a mountain range [00:26.52] [00:28.21]Something unstoppable set into motion [00:31.86] [00:33.30]Nothing is different but everything's changed [00:37.11] [00:46.72]It's a dead end job and you gets tired of sittin' [00:50.63]And it's like a nicotine habit you're [00:53.49]Always thinking about quittin' and [00:56.22]I think about quittin' every day of the week [00:59.73] [01:00.28]When I look out my window it's brown and it's bleak [01:04.33] [01:05.60]Outta here [01:06.03] [01:06.99]How am I gonna get outta here [01:08.33] [01:09.56]I'm thinking outta here [01:10.79] [01:11.67]When am I gonna get outta here [01:12.97] [01:14.67]And when will I cash in my lottery ticket [01:18.36] [01:19.91]And bury my past with my burdens and strife [01:23.19]I want to shake every limb in the garden of EDEN [01:27.72] [01:29.03]And make every love the love of my life [01:32.52]I figure that once upon a time I was an ocean [01:36.26] [01:37.92]But now I'm a mountain range [01:41.07] [01:42.78]Something unstoppable set into motion [01:46.64] [01:47.88]Nothing is different but everything's changed [01:51.30] [01:57.12]Found a room in the heart of the city down by the bridge [02:00.33] [02:01.76]Hot plate and TV and beer in the fridge [02:05.01] [02:06.37]But I'm easy I'm open that's my gift [02:10.21]I can flow with the traffic I can drift with the drift [02:14.34] [02:15.42]Home again [02:15.99] [02:16.71]Naw never going home again [02:18.46] [02:19.40]Think about home again [02:20.63] [02:21.21]I never think about home [02:22.66] [02:23.50]But then comes a letter from home [02:25.82] [02:29.35]The handwriting's fragile and strange [02:32.31] [02:34.05]Something unstoppable set into motion [02:37.73] [02:39.11]Nothing is different but everything's changed [02:43.15] [02:59.20]The light through the stained glass was cobalt and red [03:05.97] [03:08.16]And the frayed cuffs and collars were [03:12.45]Mended by haloes of golden thread [03:15.86] [03:16.39]The choir sang once upon a time there was an ocean [03:19.48] [03:21.46]And all the old hymns and family names came [03:26.64]Fluttering down as leaves of emotion [03:30.02] [03:31.32]As nothing is different but everything's changed