The Teacher Lyrics - Paul Simon

There once was a teacher of great renown 

Whose words were like the tablets of stone 

Because it's easier to learn than unlearn 

Because we've passed the point of no return 

Gather your goods and follow me 

Or you will surely die 

I was only a child of the city 

My parents were children of immigrant stock 

So we followed as followers go 

Over a mountain with a napkin of snow 

And ate the berries and roots 

That grown along the timberline 

Deeper and deeper the dreamer of love 

Sleep on a quilt of stars 

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It's cold 

Sometimes you can't catch your breath 

It's so cold 

Time and abundance thickened his step 

So the teacher divided in two 

One half ate the forest and fields 

The other half sucked all the moisture from the clouds 

And we, we were amazed at the power of his appetite 

Deeper and deeper the dreamer of love 

Sleeps on a quilt of stars 

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Sometimes we don't know who we are 

Sometimes force overpowers us and we cry 

My teacher carry me home 

Carry me home my teacher 

Carry me home 

Carry me home my teacher 

Carry me home