"You Can Call Me Al" is the song from the 2004 comedy film Mean Girls. The song was written and performed by Paul Simon.
Lyrics[]
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"
Bone-digger, bone-digger
Dogs in the moonlight
Far away my well-lit door
Mr. Beer-belly, Beer-belly
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 whoa, 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
Na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na
Na, na, na, na
If you'll be my bodyguard
I can call you Betty
If you'll be my bodyguard
I can call you Betty
If you'll be my bodyguard...
External links[]
- You Can Call Me Al at Wikipedia
- You Can Call Me Al at Amazon
- You Can Call Me Al at Apple Music
- You Can Call Me Al at Spotify
Video[]
You Can Call Me Al