The Sound Of Silence – Simon & Garfunkel

[Dm] Hello darkness my old [C] friend 
I've come to talk with you [Dm] again 
Because a [F] vision soft [Bb] ly [F] creeping 
Left his seeds while I [Bb] was [F] sleep ing 
And the [Bb] vision that was planted in [F] my brain 
Still remain [Dm] within [F] the [C] sound of [D] silenc e. 
Verse 1: 
In restless dreams I walked alone 
Narrow streets of cobbled stone 
'Neath the halo of a street lamp 
I turned my collar to the cold and damp 
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light 
That split the night and touched the sound of silence. 
Verse 2: 
And in the naked light I saw 
Ten thousand people maybe more 
People talking without speaking 
People hearing without listening 
People writing songs that voices never share 
And no one dare disturb the sound of silence 
Verse 3: 
Fools said I you do not know 
Silence like a cancer grow 
Hear my words that I might teach you 
Take my arm that I might reach you 
But my words like silent raindrops fell 
And echoed in the well of silence 
Verse 4: 
And the people bowed and prayed 
To the neon god they made 
And the sign flashed out its warning 
In the words that it was forming 
And the sign said 
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls 
And tenement halls and whispered in the sound of silence