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Simon & Garfunkel — Fakin' It
Album: Bookends
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Released: 1968
Length: 3:15
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When she goes, she's gone
If she stays, she stays here
The girl does what she wants to do
She knows what she wants to do

And I know I'm fakin' it
I'm not really makin' it

Such a dubious soul
And a walk in the garden wears me down
Tangled in the fallen vines
Pickin' up the punchlines

I've just been fakin' it
Not really makin' it

Is there any danger?
No, no not really
Just lean on me
Takin' time to treat your friendly neighbors honestly

I've just been fakin' it, fakin' it
I'm not really makin' it
This feeling of fakin' it
I still haven't shaken it

Prior to this lifetime
I surely was a tailor
Look at me

(Good morning Mr. Leech, have you had a busy day?)

I own the tailor's face and hands
I'm the tailor's face and hands

I know I'm fakin' it, fakin' it
I'm not really makin' it
This feeling of fakin' it
I still haven't shaken it, shaken it

I know I'm fakin' it
I'm not really makin' it
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I remember in 7th grade years ago there was a teacher who had us listen and analyze this song.  So cool 
Posted 4 months ago by drwhy    [ Reply ]
 helloitsme wrote:

Just cuz it’s Simon and Garfunkel doesn’t mean it’s good.




That being said, it IS a GREAT TUNE!!  I really like it!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
Just cuz it’s Simon and Garfunkel doesn’t mean it’s good.
Posted 1 year ago by helloitsme    [ Reply ]
These guys were really onto something; still amazing, how well they sang together, how musically inclined and enlightened they were!
Posted 2 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Yeah, walking through the tear gas in a turtleneck is totally faking it nowadays. You wanna BE antifa, you gotta LOOK antifa. 
Posted 3 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
I lived on Ashby Ave in Berkeley when this tune was in heavy rotation on both FM and UC Berkeley campus radio. Tear gas wafted through the air as riots over People's Park raged. 


People's Park (Berkeley) - Wikipedia

Heady times.
Posted 3 years ago by DW4554    [ Reply ]
 FlatCat wrote:
Ah. Imposter syndrome, before it was cool.
 

I don't know Cat, I think it's about being blown away by a beautiful free spirit and the anxiety and low self-esteem that can creep in
Posted 3 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
This whole album has such a great vibe. Youthful exuberance and earnest lyrics.
Posted 4 years ago by meatmike    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

I guess it depends who you ask.  He's won over a dozen Grammy awards, over 30 BMI Awards, The Library of Congress Gershwin Award, Kennedy Center Honors, etc...
 
...Rolling Stone rated Paul & Art as #40 all time....etc....(Bob Dylan #2 and Beatles #1) 
Posted 4 years ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
 jcleworth wrote:
Seems like Paul Simon gets overlooked as one of the greatest songwriters of our time. Don't ya think?
 
I guess it depends who you ask.  He's won over a dozen Grammy awards, over 30 BMI Awards, The Library of Congress Gershwin Award, Kennedy Center Honors, etc...
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Ah. Imposter syndrome, before it was cool.
Posted 5 years ago by FlatCat    [ Reply ]
Seems like Paul Simon gets overlooked as one of the greatest songwriters of our time. Don't ya think?
Posted 5 years ago by jcleworth    [ Reply ]
 passsion8 wrote:
How could Mr. Leach have had a busy day if it's just the morning?

 
Morning goes until noon, so that's half a working day, yes?
Posted 6 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
Great song from my youth, they were magical
Posted 7 years ago by LAwolf8    [ Reply ]
Ah yes, the giant black turtleneck built for two.
Posted 7 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 LizK wrote:
I brought up the lyrics .... <snipped>
 
Well, I've read them through (the lyrics) several times and I'm not sure of their meaning.  Is he "fakin it" with his girlfriend/wife?  Is he "fakin it" with the entire world?

Is the tailor related to any of the preceding lyrics?

LizK?  LizK?  Anyone?
Posted 7 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
well, then Fake It Till Ya Make It
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]

Posted 7 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
How could Mr. Leach have had a busy day if it's just the morning?
Posted 7 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
I brought up the lyrics, and here I am, wet evening in west coast of Florida, air guitar rocking. Like this song better than ever, and well, you know.{#Bananajam}
Posted 8 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
{#Good-vibes}  This tune never ages, unlike me. An 11 for sure.
Posted 8 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
Best greetings from Germany. We enjoy your music every day. Ekkehardt and Kathleen
Posted 8 years ago by YPS    [ Reply ]
 Augustus wrote:
yeah good one crnkan,  but a little earlier makes me think of "for the benefit of mr. kite"

crnkan wrote:


Then ending reminds me of Strawberry Fields.
 

 
Near the end of this one... I distinctly heard it... an eerie voice saying, "I buried Art!"
 
Posted 8 years ago by jvalatka    [ Reply ]
Ya, pretty awwwesommmme!
Posted 10 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:

Everyone in MY hotel room is dressed in rubber, performing disgusting acts upon each other and wishing you were here.
 
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...

glad we are so far away from you, Misterfixit!  Hope you are having a blast these days...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Superb, so good.
Posted 10 years ago by luvinlife    [ Reply ]
(former member) wrote:

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 

   

Misterfixit wrote:

Everyone in MY hotel room is dressed in rubber, performing disgusting acts upon each other and wishing you were here.

 
Perhaps we could arrange an inter-denominational ice cream social, followed by a good old-fashioned ecumenical circle-jerk. 


pic of naked mole rat next to pic of Joel Osteen
Although separated by thousands of miles and loyalties to different faiths, 
the naked mole rat and Joel Osteen often climax at the same time during church "ceremonies." 

Synchronicity? Quantum entanglement? Separated at birth? 

We may never know. 



Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 steeler wrote:
A sitting in your room, contemplating life, album.


Wore this one out growing up.    

 
... met to, it helped me a lot - of coarse the album is nothing to do with illegal substances!!
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
A sitting in your room, contemplating life, album.


Wore this one out growing up.    
Posted 10 years ago by steeler    [ Reply ]
I just got so happy hearing that opening note!!!
Posted 10 years ago by jamelch    [ Reply ]
I'm slacking! I really like this tune.
Posted 10 years ago by katzendogs    [ Reply ]
Beatles influence *massively* evident in this song.
Posted 11 years ago by bb_matt    [ Reply ]

Great song from a wonderful album...
 
Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
yeah good one crnkan,  but a little earlier makes me think of "for the benefit of mr. kite"

crnkan wrote:


Then ending reminds me of Strawberry Fields.
 


Posted 12 years ago by Augustus    [ Reply ]
Woah, talk about a blast from the past. Haven't heard this since high school . . . 
Posted 12 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
 It is great to have you back, Sir ! Misterfixit wrote:

Everyone in MY hotel room is dressed in rubber, performing disgusting acts upon each other and wishing you were here.
 


Posted 12 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 
 
Everyone in MY hotel room is dressed in rubber, performing disgusting acts upon each other and wishing you were here.
Posted 12 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
S&G never fails to please the ear, the mind, the psyche.
Posted 12 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
"Funny how Paul's hairstyle eventually came back into style 30+ years later."

"Unfortunately."

I say it used to be called a tonsure, but I could be fakin' it.
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 nate917 wrote:
Funny how Paul's hairstyle eventually came back into style 30+ years later.
 
Unfortunately.

Posted 12 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Fakin' what??

(very childish, i know... {#Lol} )
Posted 12 years ago by Sjaaks    [ Reply ]
Bridge Over Troubled Water is probably one of the best songs ever written but this is just horrible.
Posted 13 years ago by Mike_Sneade    [ Reply ]
 Jeff09 wrote:
There's a potential segue to a Beatles' song...which one?

 

Then ending reminds me of Strawberry Fields.
Posted 13 years ago by crnkan    [ Reply ]
 GuiltyFeat wrote:
Listening with headphones emphasized the stereo nature of this song.
 

Stereo? Like in the old days...?
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Very 68-ish! Nice!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
There's a potential segue to a Beatles' song...which one?

Posted 13 years ago by Jeff09    [ Reply ]
Listening with headphones emphasized the stereo nature of this song.
Posted 13 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
 Rooney wrote:
I played this over and over and over in college.  I thought they'd written it just for me.  LOVE it. 
 
Great stufff
Posted 13 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
I played this over and over and over in college.  I thought they'd written it just for me.  LOVE it. 
Posted 14 years ago by Rooney    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


This song is soooo good for the ears...

 
 
Fifty-two percent give it a NINE!!!  ( as did I) Is this Radio Paradise?!?! Where are the physicgeniuses now?

Posted 14 years ago by laozilover    [ Reply ]
Only a million years since I've heard this one... goosebumps!
Posted 14 years ago by Shaken_Bake    [ Reply ]
Shoot, I missed it! Every cut on this American classic should be in the library
Posted 14 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
this got us all jumpin for our keyboards!
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
Cool, haven't heard this S & G song in a dog's age. {#Music}
Posted 14 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
Still sounds Fantastic after all these decades {#Music}
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Timeless, outstanding!
Posted 14 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
Funny how Paul's hairstyle eventually came back into style 30+ years later.
Posted 14 years ago by nate917    [ Reply ]
Hang on to your Green Tambourine Folks - here come the 60's!  LOL
Posted 14 years ago by big_gare    [ Reply ]
wow - forgot all about this one!!!!!!!!!!!  What a gem....what an album.........what a time
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
An "Insta-Add"! {#Jump}
Those are a few and far between on the LRC.
Especially when it comes to my uploads.
Should be a given with Simon and Garfunkel though.

I'm surprised this gem wasn't already on the Main Channel. {#Stupid}


Posted 14 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]