Simon & Garfunkel – Fakin' It Lyrics

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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

I'm such a dubious soul
And a walk in the garden
Wears me down
Tangled in the fallen vines
Pickin' up the punch lines
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
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. Leitch
Have you had a busy day?")
I own the tailor's face and hands
I am the tailor's face and hands and
I know I'm fakin' it
I'm not really makin' it
This feeling of fakin' it--
I still haven't shaken it
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About Fakin' It

“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.

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