Words & music by paul simon      There once was a teacher of great renown   Whose words were like the tablets of stone   Because it's easier to learn than unlearn   Because we've passed the point of no return   Gather your goods and follow me   Or you will surely die      Verse:      I was only a child of the city   My parents were children of immigrant stock   So we followed as followers go   Over a mountain with a napkin of snow   And ate the berries and roots   That grow along the timberline   Deeper and deeper the dreamer of love sleeps on a quilt of stars         Bridge:   It's cold   Sometimes you can't catch your breath   It's cold      Verse:   Time and abundance thickened his step   So the teacher divided in two   One half ate the forests and fields   The other half sucked all the moisture from the clouds   And we, we were amazed at the power of his appetite   Deeper and deeper the dreamer of love sleeps on a quilt of stars      Verse:   Sometimes we don't know who we are   Sometimes force overpowers us and we cry   My teacher carry me home      Carry me home my teacher   Carry me home   Carry me home my teacher   Carry me home