Rewrite

Album: So Beautiful Or So What (2011)
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  • I've been workin' on my rewrite, that's right
    I'm gonna change the ending
    Gonna throw away the title
    And toss it in the trash
    Every minute after midnight
    All the time I'm spending
    Is just for workin' on my rewrite, that's right
    I'm gonna turn it into cash

    I been workin' at the car wash
    I consider it my day job
    'Cause it's really not a pay job
    But that's where I am
    Everybody says "The old guy
    Workin' at the car wash?"
    Hasn't got a brain cell left
    Since Vietnam"

    But I say
    Help me, help me
    Help me, help me
    Thank you
    I'd no idea
    That you were there

    When I said
    Help me, help me
    Help me, help me
    Oh, thank you
    For listening to my prayer

    I've been workin' on my rewrite, that's right
    I'm gonna change the ending
    Gonna throw away the title
    And toss it in the trash
    Every minute after midnight
    All the time I'm spending
    Is just for workin' on my rewrite, that's right
    I'm gonna turn it into cash

    I'll eliminate the pages
    Where the father has a breakdown
    And he has to leave the family
    But he really meant no harm
    Gonna substitute a car chase
    And a race across the rooftops
    When the father saves the children
    And he holds them in his arms

    And I said
    Help me, help me
    Help me, help me
    Thank you
    I'd no idea
    That you were there

    When I said
    Help me, help me
    Help me, help me
    Oh, thank you
    For listening to my prayer

    Workin' on my rewrite Writer/s: Paul Simon
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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