Everything About It Is A Love Song - Paul Simon

Locked in a struggle for the right combination of words in a melody line 
I took a walk along the riverbank of my imagination 
Golden clouds were shuffling the sunshine 

But if I ever get back to the twentieth century 
Guess I'll have to pay off some debts 
Open the book of my vanishing memory 
With its catalogue of regrets 
Stand up for the deeds I did 
And those I didn't do 
Sit down, shut up, think abou God 
And wait for the hour of my rescue 

We don't mean to mess things up 
But mess them up we do 
And then it's "Oh, I'm sorry" 
Here's a smiling photograph of love it was new 
At a birthday party 

Make a wish and close your eyes: surprise, surprise, surprise. 

Early December, and brown as a sparrow 
Frost creeping over the pond 
I shoot a thought into the future 
And it flies like an arrow 
Through my lifetime, and beyond 

If I ever come back as a tree, or a crow 
Or even the wind-blown dust 
Find me on the ancient road in the song when the wires are hushed 
Hurry on and remember me, as I'll remember you 
Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates 

The earth is blue 

And everything about it is a love song 
Everything about it 
Everything about it is a love song 
Everything about it 
Everything about it is a love song