List of songs written by Paul Simon

This is an alphabetical list of songs written or co-written by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, with dates of their composition (as close an approximation as possible).

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A

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  • "Ace In The Hole" (1979)
  • "Adios Hermanos" (1995)
  • "All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints" (1986)
  • "Allergies" (1981)
  • "America" (1968)
  • "American Tune" (1973)
  • "Anna Belle" (as Jerry Landis, 1959)
  • "Another Galaxy" (2005)
  • "April Come She Will" (1965)
  • "Armistice Day" (1972)
  • "At The Zoo" (1966)

B

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  • "Baby Driver" (1968)
  • "Beautiful" (2006)
  • "Bernadette" (1996)
  • "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" (1966)
  • "Bleecker Street" (1963)
  • "Blessed" (1965)
  • "Bookends Theme" (Two versions, one instrumental, one with vocals, 1968)
  • "Born At The Right Time" (1990)
  • "Born In Puerto Rico" (1996)
  • "The Boxer" (1968)
  • "The Boy In The Bubble" (1986)
  • "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1969)

C

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  • "Can I Forgive Him" (1996)
  • "Carlos Dominguez" (as Paul Kane, 1963)
  • "Cards Of Love" (as Jerry Landis, 1962; the CD "Tom & Jerry Meets Tico & the Triumphs" credits Burak Brennan)
  • "Cars Are Cars" (1983)
  • "Cecilia" (1969)
  • "A Church Is Burning" (1965)
  • "Citizen Of The Planet" (1983)
  • "Cloudy" (with Bruce Woodley, 1965)
  • "The Clock" (2016)
  • "Congratulations" (1971)
  • "The Coast" (1990)
  • "Cool Papa Bell" (2016)
  • "Crazy Love, Vol. II" (1986)
  • "Cry, Little Boy, Cry" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
  • "Cuba Si, Nixon No" (1969)

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E

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  • "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (English lyric only, 1969)
  • "Everything About It Is A Love Song" (2004)
  • "Everything Put Together Falls Apart" (1972)
  • "Express Train" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)

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G

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  • "Get Up And Do The Wobble" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
  • "Getting Ready For Christmas Day" (2010)
  • "The Girl For Me" (with Art Garfunkel, 1955)
  • "God Bless The Absentee" (1980)
  • "Gone At Last" (1975)
  • "Graceland" (1986)
  • "Gumboots" (1986)

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  • "A Hazy Shade Of Winter" (1966)
  • "He Was My Brother" (as Paul Kane, 1963)
  • "Hearts And Bones" (1983)
  • "Hey, Schoolgirl" (as Jerry Landis, and with Art Garfunkel as Tom Graph, 1957)
  • "Homeless" (1986)
  • "Homeward Bound" (1965)
  • "How Can You Live In The Northeast?" (2005)
  • "How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns" (1980)
  • "Hurricane Eye" (1999)

I

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  • "I Am A Rock" (1965)
  • "I Do It For Your Love" (1975)
  • "I Don't Believe" (2005)
  • "I Don't Believe Them" (as Jerry Landis, 1961)
  • "I Know What I Know" (1986)
  • "I Wish I Weren't In Love" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
  • "I Wish You Could Be Here" (with Bruce Woodley, 1965)
  • "In A Parade" (2016)
  • "In The Garden Of Edie" (2016)
  • "Insomniac's Lullaby" (2016)

J

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  • "Jonah" (1980)
  • "Just A Boy" (as Jerry Landis, 1960)

K

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  • "Kathy's Song" (1965)
  • "Keep The Customer Satisfied" (1970)
  • "Kodachrome" (1973)

L

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  • "The Late, Great, Johnny Ace" (1981)
  • "Late In The Evening" (1980)
  • "Learn How To Fall" (1972)
  • "Leaves That Are Green" (1965)
  • "Lisa" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
  • "The Lone Teen Ranger" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
  • "Loneliness" (as Jerry Landis, 1959)
  • "Long, Long Day" (1980)
  • "Love" (2000)
  • "Love And Hard Times" (2008)
  • "Loves Me Like A Rock" (1973)

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N

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  • "Night Game" (1975)
  • "Nobody" (1980)
  • "Noise" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
  • "The Northern Line" (1965, from Concert in the Barn private recording)

O

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  • "The Obvious Child" (1990)
  • "Oh, Marion" (1980)
  • "Old" (2000)
  • "Old Friends" (1968)
  • "Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean" (2005)
  • "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" (1973)
  • "One-Trick Pony" (1979)
  • "The Only Living Boy In New York" (1969)
  • "Our Song" (as Jerry Landis, and with Art Garfunkel as Tom Graph, 1958)
  • "Outrageous" (2003)
  • "Overs" (1967)

P

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  • "Papa Hobo" (1972)
  • "Paranoia Blues" (1972)
  • "Patterns" (1965)
  • "Peace Like A River" (1972)
  • "Pigs, Sheep And Wolves" (2000)
  • "Play Me A Sad Song" (1961)
  • "A Poem On The Underground Wall" (1966)
  • "(Pretty Baby) Don't Say Goodbye" (as Jerry Landis, and with Art Garfunkel as Tom Graph, 1958)
  • "Proof Of Love" (1990)
  • "Punky's Dilemma" (1967)

Q

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  • "Quality" (1996)
  • "Questions For The Angels" (2011)
  • "Quiet" (2000)

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S

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  • "Save the Life of My Child" (1967)
  • "Shopliftin' Clothes" (1996)
  • "Shy" (as Jerry Landis, 1960)
  • "The Side Of A Hill" (as Paul Kane, 1963)
  • "Silent Eyes" (1975)
  • "A Simple Desultory Philippic" (various subtitles, 1965 and 1966)
  • "Slip Slidin' Away" (1977)
  • "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" (1970)
  • "Soft Parachutes" (1981)
  • "Someday One Day" (recorded by The Seekers) (1965)
  • "Something So Right" (1973)
  • "Somewhere They Can't Find Me" (1965)
  • "Song About The Moon" (1982)
  • "Song For The Asking" (1969)
  • "The Sound Of Silence" (February 19, 1964)
  • "Sparrow" (1964)
  • "Spirit Voices" (1990)
  • "St. Judy's Comet" (1973)
  • "Still Crazy After All These Years" (1975)
  • "Stranded In A Limousine" (1977)
  • "Stranger To Stranger" (2016)
  • "Street Angel" (2016)
  • "Sure Don't Feel Like Love" (2004)

T

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  • "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" (1972)
  • "The Teacher" (2000)
  • "Teenage Fool" (1958)
  • "Tenderness" (1973)
  • "Ten Years" (1997)
  • "That's Me" (2005)
  • "That's My Story" (as Jerry Landis, and with Art Garfunkel as Tom Graph, 1958)
  • "That's Where I Belong" (2000)
  • "That's Why God Made The Movies" (1980)
  • "That Was Your Mother" (1986)
  • "Think Too Much (A)" (1983)
  • "Think Too Much (B)" (1983)
  • "Train In The Distance" (1983)

V

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  • "The Vampires" (1995)
  • "Virgil" (1996)

W

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  • "Wartime Prayers" (2004)
  • "Was A Sunny Day" (1973)
  • "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." (1964)
  • "We've Got A Groovy Thing Goin'" (1965)
  • "The Werewolf" (2016)
  • "When Numbers Get Serious" (1982)
  • "Why Don't You Write Me" (1969)
  • "Wild Flower" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
  • "Wristband" (2016)

Y

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  • "You Can Call Me Al" (1986)
  • "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" (1966)
  • "You're The One" (2000)