Fakin’ It

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“Fakin' It” was one of Simon’s and Garfunkel’s single releases in 1967. Its B-side was “You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies,” the duo’s only non-LP track which made its… Read More

Jul. 7, 19671 viewer12.8K views

Fakin’ It Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
And I know I'm fakin' it
I'm not really makin' it

[Verse 2]
I'm such a dubious soul
And a walk in the garden wears me down
Tangled in the fallen vines
Picking up the punch lines

[Chorus]
I've just been fakin' it
Not really makin' it
No, no, no, no

[Verse 3]
Is there any danger?
No, no, not really, just lean on me
Taking time to treat
Your friendly neighbors honestly
[Chorus]
I've just been fakin' it, fakin' it
Not really makin' it
This feeling of fakin' it
I still haven't shaken it

[Verse 4]
Prior to this lifetime
I surely was a tailor, look at me

[Interlude]
(Good morning, Mr. Leitch)
(Have you had a busy day?)

[Bridge]
I own the tailor's face and hands
I am the tailor's face and hands

[Chorus]
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

[Outro]
I know I'm fakin' it
I'm not really makin' it

About

“Fakin' It” was one of Simon’s and Garfunkel’s single releases in 1967. Its B-side was “You Don’t Know Where Your Interest Lies,” the duo’s only non-LP track which made its album debut on the Old Friends CD box set in 1997.

The running time of the song was actually 3 minutes and 14 seconds. Radio stations at the time resisted playing songs lasting longer than three minutes, so Paul Simon had the time “faked” to read 2:74 on the label.