[Intro]
I imagine most of you know
That these are all Paul Simon songs that we're singing
There is, um
Amongst the twenty-three or twenty-four songs that Paul has written
There is one that we have never recorded
It's about the only one
And a group called The Cyrkle beat us to it, recorded it
And sold eight hundred and ninety thousand copies of it
Called "Red Rubber Ball"

[Verse 1]
I should have known you'd bid me farewell
There's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well
Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea
If I never hear your name again it's all the same to me

[Chorus]
And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

[Verse 2]
You never cared for secrets I'd confide
To you I'm just an ornament, something for your pride
Always running, never caring, that's the life you live
Stolen minutes of your time were all you had to give
[Chorus]
And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball

[Verse 3]
This story's in the past with nothing to recall
I've got my life to live and I don't need you at all
The roller coaster ride we took is nearly at an end
I bought my tickets with my tears, that's all I'm gonna spend

[Chorus]
And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball
Woah, I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The morning sun is shining like a red rubber ball
Woah, it's bouncing and it's shining like a red rubber ball