Thelma Lyrics - Paul Simon

If a baby is born and no one complains 

Then it's good luck running through young veins 

And if life is a blessing 

That brushes the tops of the trees 

Well it's a short walk in a sweet breeze 

I will need you, feed you, 

Seed you, plead with you 

All for a taste of your sweet love, Thelma 

If the heart is an open memory book 

That was the chance I took 

The more I searched 

The more I shook for Thelma 

Last night I slept on a rented pillow 

A silver moon above my head 

A thirsty dreamless sleep released me 

And I reached for the phone by the side of the bed 

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Now the first time that I saw you I thought 

She's beautiful but she's too young to be caught 

People aware of my history 

Trying to steer you away from me 

I left a message at your hotel 

Don't let management poison the well 

I will need you, feed you, 

Seed you, plead with you 

All for a taste of your sweet love, Thelma 

The phone is ringing and I realize 

We are time zones and oceans apart 

The words I speak in the middle of my night 

Fall on your yesterday's heart 

If the sun don't shine 

If the wind don't break 

If the clock don't jump off the wall 

Thelma, my darlin' I will cushion your fall 

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I will need you, feed you, 

Seed you, plead with you 

Without the taste of your sweet love, Thelma 

I am only a man who skirted the edge of despair 

For a long time 

And I don't care 

I watch you sleeping in a hospital bed 

The baby curled up in a ball 

Winter sunlight hits the family tree 

And everything else becomes nothing at all