Rewrite - Paul Simon

I’ve been working on my rewrite

That’s right

I’m gonna change the ending

Gonna throw away my title

And toss it in the trash

Every minute after midnight

All the time I’m spending

It’s just for working on my rewrite

Gonna turn it into cash

I’ve been working at the car wash

I consider it my day job

'Cause it’s really not a pay job

But that’s where I am

Everybody says the old guy

Working at the car wash

Hasn’t got a brain cell left

Since Vietnam

But I say help me, help me, help me, help me

Thank you!

I’d no idea

That you were there

When I said help me, help me, help me, help me

Whoa!

Thank you

For listening to my prayer

I’m working on my rewrite

That’s right

I’m gonna change the ending

Gonna throw away my title

And toss it in the trash

Every minute after midnight

All the time I’m spending

Is just for working on my rewrite, that’s right

Gonna turn it into cash

I’ll eliminate the pages

Where the father has a breakdown

And he has to leave the family

But he really meant no harm

I’m gonna substitute a car chase

And a race across the rooftops

When the father saves the children

And he holds them in his arms

And I say help me, help me, help me, help me

Thank you!

I’d no idea

That you were there

When I said help me, help me, help me, help me

Whoa!

Thank you

For listening to my prayer