"The Sound of Silence"

Wonder if anyone will be singing that at Sidmouth Folk Week this year?

Maybe we could all sit up in The Arena/Knowle Park and sing it together! I rather fancy 'A Singaround In The Sun'

Mmmmmmm......

"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 streetlamp,
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,
No-one dare,
Disturb the Sound of Silence

Fool 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 tenements halls
And whisper'd in the Sounds of Silence.


Altogether now! I shall expect you to be word perfect and we shall sing up to the tops of the trees in The Arena! ;0)

There will, of course, be ANYTHING BUT the sound of silence in Sidmouth this year!

Interesting fact time! Did you know that on Seth Lakeman's 'Kitty Jay' CD, Harper Simon, son of Paul, is playing guitar? Isn't that a good link!!! ;0)

See where my strange mind leads you all! Kitty Jay is SUCH a good CD btw! Would love it if Seth turned up at Sidmouth, you never know, he might...does a lot with Show of Hands. A brilliant young talent!
Benji Kirkpatrick is also on that CD helping Seth out.

Right then...I'm off!