Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night and touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared disturb the sound of silence "Fools", said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming and the sign said The words of the prophets are written On the subway walls and tenement halls And whispered in the sounds of silence

Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams, I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dare Disturb the sound of silence Fools said I you do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence

Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone Beneath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again

Alas my love you do me wrong To cast me off discourteously; And I have loved you for so long Delighting in your company. Greensleeves was all my joy Greensleeves was my delight, Greensleeves my heart of gold And who but my lady Greensleeves. I have been ready at your hand To grant whatever thou would'st crave; Oh I have waged both life and land Greensleeves was my heart of joy Your love and goodwill for to have. Greensleeves was my delight, Greensleeves my heart of gold And who but my lady Greensleeves. Thy petticoat of slender white With gold embroidered gorgeously; Thy petticoat of silk and white And these I bought gladly. Greensleeves was my heart of joy Greensleeves was my delight, Greensleeves my heart of gold And who but my lady Greensleeves.

Almost heaven, West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River Life is old there, older than the trees Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze Country roads, take me home To the place I belong (oh, I belong in) West Virginia (West Virginia), mountain mama (sweet mountain mama) Take me home, country roads All my memories gather 'round her Miner's lady, stranger to blue water Dark and dusty, painted on the sky Misty taste of moonshine, teardrops in my eye Country roads (oh, country roads), take me home (come set my Missouri) To the place I belong (oh, I belong in) West Virginia (West Virginia), mountain mama (sweet mountain mama) Take me home, country roads I hear her voice, in the morning hour she calls me The radio reminds me of my home far away And driving down the road, I get a feeling That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday Country roads (country roads), take me home (please leave the light on) To the place I belong (to the place where I belong) West Virginia (West Virginia), mountain mama (sweet mountain mama) Take me home, country roads (my West Virginia) Take me home, country roads (sweet mountain mama) Take me home (oh, take me home, please take me home) Country roads

Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Remember me to one who lives there She once was a true love of mine Tell her to make me a cambric shirt Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Without no seams nor needlework Then she'll be a true love of mine Tell her to find me an acre of land Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme Between salt water and the sea sand Then she'll be a true love of mine Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme And gather it all in a bunch of heather Then she'll be a true love of mine Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme

N sleep he sang to me In dreams he came That voice which calls to me And speaks my name And in this labyrinth Where night is blind The Phantom of the Opera is there Inside my mind No more talk of darkness Forget these wide-eyed fears I'm here Nothing can harm you My words will warm and calm you All I want is freedom A world with no more night And you Always beside me To hold me and to hide me Then say you'll share with me one love One lifetime Let me lead you from your solitude And say you need me with you here Beside you Anywhere you go let me go too Love me that's all I ask of you Night time sharpens Heightens each sensation Darkness stirs And wakes Imagination Silently the senses Abandon their defenses Helpless to resist the notes I write The power of the Music of the Night Let your mind start a journey through a strange new world Leave all thoughts of the life you knew before Let your soul take you where you long to be Only then can you belong to me You alone can make my song take flight Help me make the music of the night