found on (#1) TAT (cd/cas), WW; (#2) LAP. Compilations: Acoustic; Acoustic Chill; Maid In Manhattan (Original Soundtrack); Mystera #8; Songbirds - The Essential Album; [more...] Ultimate Chick Flick Love Songs.
►#1 is base text. Variants in #2:
After l. 4 Eva sings original second stanza:
'And from the shelter of my mind
Through the window of my eyes
I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets
To a land where my heart lies'.
In the last line Paul Simon sings 'England': see text at Paul Simon's website (for list of lyrics select Songs in the Navigation bar).
After l. 8:
'Now the song I was writing is left undone
I don’t know why I spend my time
Writing songs I can’t believe
With words that tear and strain to rhyme'.
And this:
'And so you see I have come to doubt
All that I once held was true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you'.
►Thus LAP is full version, but TAT, a demo, omits stanzas 2, 4-5 of the original six.
►l. 12: we do hear 'before'; Paul Simon sings 'but for'.
►KS took its name from Paul Simon's English girlfriend Kathy Chitty, who also adorns the cover of his Song Book album.
►French translation (search for: Eva Cassidy).
►PL - Song by song.
original: Paul Simon (1965).
covers: Shawn Colvin (1998); Ryan & Rachel O'Donnell (2003); Simon & Garfunkle (1966); Nancy Wilson (1999) (Cover Info; Covers Project).
►Original tab by aniafelskowska at Yahoo EC group (Marta).
tab by evafan25 (Matt).
chords by Gianni Filippini.