Song title look up needed

[yoda313]

Ok I want to pick up a song on itunes or musicmatch but I can't figure out the title.

I believe its an 80's tune or maybe early 90's.

The main chorus is "be my bodyguard and I'll be your long lost friend".

At least I'm 98% certain thats it. I may have mixed up if its "will you be my bodyguard or let me be your bodyguard.

Any help will be great. And I've tried yahooing it but some of the lyric engines aren't helping.

And no its not from the whitney houston BODYGUARD soundtrack and its not the Bee Gees BODYGUARD song (already listened to a sample of it and no).

FYI the singer is male.

[adam]

Its called, "You can call me Al" by Paul Simon and was on the Graceland CD. That's an awesome song on an awesome album. You should just get the whole thing. I listen to that CD probably once a day.

[yoda313]

Great thanks! No wonder I couldn't find it the title had nothing to do with the song

I appreciate it.

[Supreme2k]

this it?

Paul Simon "Call Me Al"

A man walks down the street
He says why am I soft in the middle now
Why am I soft in the middle
The rest of my life is so hard
I need a photo-opportunity
I want a shot at redemption
Don't want to end up a cartoon
In a cartoon graveyard
Bonedigger Bonedigger
Dogs in the moonlight
Far away my well-lit door
Mr. Beerbelly Beerbelly
Get these mutts away from me
You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore
If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty
And Betty when you call me
You can call me Al

A man walks down the street
He says why am I short of attention
Got a short little span of attention
And wo my nights are so long
Where's my wife and family
What if I die here
Who'll be my role-model
Now that my role-model is
Gone Gone
He ducked back down the alley
With some roly-poly little bat-faced girl
All along along
There were incidents and accidents
There were hints and allegations

If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty
And Betty when you call me
You can call me Al
Call me Al

A man walks down the street
It's a street in a strange world
Maybe it's the Third World
Maybe it's his first time around
He doesn't speak the language
He holds no currency
He is a foreign man
He is surrounded by the sound
The sound
Cattle in the marketplace
Scatterlings and orphanages
He looks around, around
He sees angels in the architecture
Spinning in infinity
He says Amen! and Hallelujah!

If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty
And Betty when you call me
You can call me Al
Call me Al

[yoda313]

Thanks supreme2k - adam actually beat you just by a hair.

Yep I'm buying it now on itunes. Thanks again.

[yoda313]

BUMP!

Well I finally looked into listening to the whole Graceland album. I'm back on the Yahoo Music subscription plan so I can listen to any of the songs without having to buy each one first.

I like it. I don't know that I like each song 100% but its pretty nice. I like the beat and the bass guitar in it. Has a different feel to it then a lot of other albums - naturally

I think I'll download it but not buy it just yet.... maybe someday but for now I'll just use my subscription.

Thanks again for the help on this one

[MackemX]

The main chorus is "be my bodyguard and I'll be your long lost friend"

answer was simple Yoda, drop Yahoo as Google is your friend

I was pretty sure what it was when I saw the post and I see Adma told you what it was. I just put your 1st set of lyrics in and added the word lyrics to the search and the majority of initial results point to that song

either you suck using search engines or Yahoo sucks if you struggled to find that one

p.s. great song choice by the way 8)

[ZAPPER]

Me and Julio down by the schoolyard....

Sorry, for some reason that tune always pops into my head whenever I think of Paul Simon, that and the fact that the bum stole the lust of my life. Jk

[TooLFooL]

for a real treat, try and find the video for that song! it's hillarious!

[wanderer51]

Just a belated reply. If you are really stuck for a song title but know a few of the words, then go here:

http://findmeatune.com/

All you need to do is type in a few words and it will come back with a list of possible songs. Worked for me trying to find an obscure song from the 70s.

[MackemX]

http://www.songtapper.com/

simply tap the song out on your keyboard

[redstripes]

Great Song and hysterical video. I want to listen to it now.

[MackemX]

no doubt it will be on Youtube