{"id":26155,"date":"2016-06-08T09:04:05","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T17:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=26155"},"modified":"2016-06-08T09:04:05","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T17:04:05","slug":"for-insomniacs-and-all-listen-to-paul-simons-entrancing-new-album-closing-song-insomniacs-lullaby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2016-06\/for-insomniacs-and-all-listen-to-paul-simons-entrancing-new-album-closing-song-insomniacs-lullaby\/","title":{"rendered":"For Insomniacs and All: Listen to Paul Simon&#8217;s Entrancing New Album-Closing Song &#8220;Insomniac&#8217;s Lullaby&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/paul-simon-stranger-to-strangerjpg-9c1edf92c7f853bb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-26156\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/paul-simon-stranger-to-strangerjpg-9c1edf92c7f853bb-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"paul-simon-stranger-to-strangerjpg-9c1edf92c7f853bb\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/paul-simon-stranger-to-strangerjpg-9c1edf92c7f853bb-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/paul-simon-stranger-to-strangerjpg-9c1edf92c7f853bb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/paul-simon-stranger-to-strangerjpg-9c1edf92c7f853bb-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/paul-simon-stranger-to-strangerjpg-9c1edf92c7f853bb-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/paul-simon-stranger-to-strangerjpg-9c1edf92c7f853bb.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh how we&#8217;ve lost some sleep. Last week the still-stalwart singer-songwriter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulsimon.com\/\"><strong>Paul Simon<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0released his 13th solo album entitled <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulsimon.com\/news\/paul-simons-new-album-stranger-stranger-set-release-june-3rd\/\">Stranger to Stranger<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and then performed at the <strong>Santa Barbara Bowl<\/strong> to an adoring crowd. We love the new album, and our favorite song is the closer <strong>Insomniac&#8217;s Lullaby<\/strong>. Watch a lyric video for the song below and check out the lyrics at bottom. <strong>Master<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Simon<\/strong> still has a way with words after all these years, but the melody with its Harry-Partchian instrumental nuances is thoroughly entrancing as is Simon&#8217;s vocal. Bravo!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ALvjIXK0zj0\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Insomniac&#8217;s Lullaby<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh Lord, don&#8217;t keep me up all night<br \/>\nSide by side with the moon<br \/>\nWith its desolate eyes<br \/>\nMiles from the sunrise<br \/>\nThe darkness inviting a tune<br \/>\nThe Insomniac&#8217;s Lullaby<\/p>\n<p>A siren is playing its song in the distance<br \/>\nThe melody rattles the old window frame<br \/>\nGradually, angels reveal their existence<br \/>\nAnd there&#8217;s nothing and no-one to blame<\/p>\n<p>Oh Lord, don&#8217;t keep me up all night<br \/>\nSide by side with the moon<br \/>\nAlone in the bed<br \/>\nThe season ahead<br \/>\nIs winter that lasts until June<br \/>\nThe Insomniac&#8217;s Lullaby<\/p>\n<p>Sleep<\/p>\n<p>They say all roads lead to a river, then one day<br \/>\nThe river comes up to your door<br \/>\nHow will the builder of bridges deliver us all<br \/>\nTo the faraway shore?<\/p>\n<p>Oh Lord, don&#8217;t keep me up all night<br \/>\nWith questions I can&#8217;t understand<br \/>\nWhile I wrestle my fears<br \/>\nThe sound in my ears<br \/>\nIs the music that&#8217;s sweeping the land<br \/>\nThe Insomniac&#8217;s Lullaby<\/p>\n<p>Sleep<\/p>\n<p>Soft as a rose, the light from the East<br \/>\nAs if all is forgiven<br \/>\nAnd wolves become sheep<br \/>\nWe are who we are<br \/>\nOr we&#8217;re not, but at least<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll eventually all fall asleep<br \/>\nEventually all fall asleep&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh how we&#8217;ve lost some sleep. Last week the still-stalwart singer-songwriter Paul Simon\u00a0released his 13th solo album entitled Stranger to Stranger\u00a0and then performed at the Santa Barbara Bowl to an adoring crowd. We love the new album, and our favorite song is the closer Insomniac&#8217;s Lullaby. Watch a lyric video for the song below and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26155"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26160,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26155\/revisions\/26160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}