Red Rubber Ball

[Intro]

I imagine most of you know

That these are all Paul Simon songs that we're singing

There is, um

Amongst the twenty-three or twenty-four songs that Paul has written

There is one that we have never recorded

It's about the only one

And a group called The Cyrkle beat us to it, recorded it

And sold eight hundred and ninety thousand copies of it

Called "Red Rubber Ball"

[Verse 1]

I should have known you'd bid me farewell

There's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well

Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea

If I never hear your name again it's all the same to me

[Chorus]

And I think it's gonna be all right

Yeah, the worst is over now

The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

[Verse 2]

You never cared for secrets I'd confide

To you I'm just an ornament, something for your pride

Always running, never caring, that's the life you live

Stolen minutes of your time were all you had to give

[Chorus]

And I think it's gonna be all right

Yeah, the worst is over now

The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

[Verse 3]

This story's in the past with nothing to recall

I've got my life to live and I don't need you at all

The roller coaster ride we took is nearly at an end

I bought my tickets with my tears, that's all I'm gonna spend

[Chorus]

And I think it's gonna be all right

Yeah, the worst is over now

The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

Woah, I think it's gonna be all right

Yeah, the worst is over now

The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

Woah, it's bouncing and it's shining like a red rubber ball