God Bless The Absentee Lyrics - Paul Simon

Lord, I am a working man 

And music is my trade 

I'm traveling with this five piece band 

I play the ace of spades 

I have a wife and family, but they don't see much of me 

God bless the absentee 

Lord, I am a surgeon 

And music is my knife 

It cuts away my sorrow 

And purifies my life 

But if I could release my heart 

From veins and arteries 

I'd say, God bless the absentee 

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I miss my woman so 

I miss my bed 

I miss those soft places 

I used to lay my head... 

My son don't need me yet 

His bones are soft 

He flies a silver airplane 

He wears a golden cross 

God bless the absentee 

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Lord, this country's changed so fast 

The future is the present 

The present's in the past 

The highways are in litigation 

The airports disagree 

God bless the absentee 

God bless the absentee