A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert — текст песни (Simon and Garfunkel)

I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored
I been John O`Hara`d, McNamara`d
I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I`m blind
I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded
Communist, `cause I`m left-handed
That`s the hand I use, well, never mind

I been Phil Spectored, resurrected
I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered
Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay
And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce
And all of my wealth won`t buy me health
So I smoke a pint of tea a day

I knew a man, his brain so small
He couldn`t think of nothing at all
He`s not the same as you and me
He doesn`t dig poetry. He`s so unhip that
When you say Dylan, he thinks you`re talking about Dylan Thomas
Whoever he was
The man ain`t got no culture
But it`s alright, ma
Everybody must get stoned

I been Mick Jaggered, silver daggered
Andy Warhol, won`t you please come home?
I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled
Been Roy Haleed and Art Garfunkeled
I just discovered somebody`s tapped my phone