List of songs written by Paul Simon explained

This is an alphabetical list of songs written or co-written by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon, with dates of their composition (as close an approximation as possible).

• "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night" (1966)
• "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" (1975)
• "The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (1966)

A

• "Ace In The Hole" (1979)
• "Adios Hermanos" (1995)
• "All Around The World Or The Myth Of Fingerprints" (1986)
• "Allergies" (1981)
• "America" (1968)
• "American Tune" (1973)
• "Anna Belle" (as Jerry Landis, 1959)
• "Another Galaxy" (2005)
• "April Come She Will" (1965)
• "Armistice Day" (1972)
• "At The Zoo" (1966)

B

• "Baby Driver" (1968)
• "Beautiful" (2006)
• "Bernadette" (1996)
• "The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine" (1966)
• "Bleecker Street" (1963)
• "Blessed" (1965)
• "Bookends Theme" (Two versions, one instrumental, one with vocals, 1968)
• "Born At The Right Time" (1990)
• "Born In Puerto Rico" (1996)
• "The Boxer" (1968)
• "The Boy In The Bubble" (1986)
• "Bridge Over Troubled Water" (1969)

C

• "Can I Forgive Him" (1996)
• "Carlos Dominguez" (as Paul Kane, 1963)
• "Cards Of Love" (as Jerry Landis, 1962; the CD "Tom & Jerry Meets Tico & the Triumphs" credits Burak Brennan)
• "Cars Are Cars" (1983)
• "Cecilia" (1969)
• "A Church Is Burning" (1965)
• "Citizen Of The Planet" (1983)
• "Cloudy" (with Bruce Woodley, 1965)
• "The Clock" (2016)
• "Congratulations" (1971)
• "The Coast" (1990)
• "Cool Papa Bell" (2016)
• "Crazy Love, Vol. II" (1986)
• "Cry, Little Boy, Cry" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
• "Cuba Si, Nixon No" (1969)

D

• "Dancin' Wild" (as Jerry Landis, and with Art Garfunkel as Tom Graph, 1957)
• "The Dangling Conversation" (1966)
• "Darling Lorraine" (2000)
• "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes" (1986)
• "Dori Anne" (as Jerry Landis, with David Winters and J. Kay, 1963)
• "Duncan" (1972)

E

• "El Condor Pasa (If I Could)" (English lyric only, 1969)
• "Everything About It Is A Love Song" (2004)
• "Everything Put Together Falls Apart" (1972)
• "Express Train" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)

F

• "Fakin' It" (1967)
• "Father And Daughter" (2002)
• "Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall" (1965)
• "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" (1966)
• "Forever and After" (1962, Recorded under Jerry Landis)
• "Further to Fly" (1990)

G

• "Get Up And Do The Wobble" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
• "Getting Ready For Christmas Day" (2010)
• "The Girl For Me" (with Art Garfunkel, 1955)
• "God Bless The Absentee" (1980)
• "Gone At Last" (1975)
• "Graceland" (1986)
• "Gumboots" (1986)

H

• "A Hazy Shade Of Winter" (1966)
• "He Was My Brother" (as Paul Kane, 1963)
• "Hearts And Bones" (1983)
• "Hey, Schoolgirl" (as Jerry Landis, and with Art Garfunkel as Tom Graph, 1957)
• "Homeless" (1986)
• "Homeward Bound" (1965)
• "How Can You Live In The Northeast?" (2005)
• "How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns" (1980)
• "Hurricane Eye" (1999)

I

• "I Am A Rock" (1965)
• "I Do It For Your Love" (1975)
• "I Don't Believe" (2005)
• "I Don't Believe Them" (as Jerry Landis, 1961)
• "I Know What I Know" (1986)
• "I Wish I Weren't In Love" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
• "I Wish You Could Be Here" (with Bruce Woodley, 1965)
• "In A Parade" (2016)
• "In The Garden Of Edie" (2016)
• "Insomniac's Lullaby" (2016)

J

• "Jonah" (1980)
• "Just A Boy" (as Jerry Landis, 1960)

K

• "Kathy's Song" (1965)
• "Keep The Customer Satisfied" (1970)
• "Kodachrome" (1973)

L

• "The Late, Great, Johnny Ace" (1981)
• "Late In The Evening" (1980)
• "Learn How To Fall" (1972)
• "Leaves That Are Green" (1965)
• "Lisa" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
• "The Lone Teen Ranger" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
• "Loneliness" (as Jerry Landis, 1959)
• "Long, Long Day" (1980)
• "Love" (2000)
• "Love And Hard Times" (2008)
• "Loves Me Like A Rock" (1973)

M

• "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard" (1971)
• "A Most Peculiar Man" (1965)
• "Mother And Child Reunion" (1972)
• "Motorcycle" (as Jerry Landis, with Tico and the Triumphs, 1961)
• "Mrs. Robinson" (1967)
• "My Little Town" (1975)

N

• "Night Game" (1975)
• "Nobody" (1980)
• "Noise" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
• "The Northern Line" (1965, from Concert in the Barn private recording)

O

• "The Obvious Child" (1990)
• "Oh, Marion" (1980)
• "Old" (2000)
• "Old Friends" (1968)
• "Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean" (2005)
• "One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor" (1973)
• "One-Trick Pony" (1979)
• "The Only Living Boy In New York" (1969)
• "Our Song" (as Jerry Landis, and with Art Garfunkel as Tom Graph, 1958)
• "Outrageous" (2003)
• "Overs" (1967)

P

• "Papa Hobo" (1972)
• "Paranoia Blues" (1972)
• "Patterns" (1965)
• "Peace Like A River" (1972)
• "Pigs, Sheep And Wolves" (2000)
• "Play Me A Sad Song" (1961)
• "A Poem On The Underground Wall" (1966)
• "(Pretty Baby) Don't Say Goodbye" (as Jerry Landis, and with Art Garfunkel as Tom Graph, 1958)
• "Proof Of Love" (1990)
• "Punky's Dilemma" (1967)

Q

• "Quality" (1996)
• "Questions For The Angels" (2011)
• "Quiet" (2000)

R

• "Red Rubber Ball" (with Bruce Woodley, 1965)
• "Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War" (1983)
• "Richard Cory" (1965)
• "The Riverbank" (2016)
• "Run That Body Down" (1972)

S

• "Save the Life of My Child" (1967)
• "Shopliftin' Clothes" (1996)
• "Shy" (as Jerry Landis, 1960)
• "The Side Of A Hill" (as Paul Kane, 1963)
• "Silent Eyes" (1975)
• "A Simple Desultory Philippic" (various subtitles, 1965 and 1966)
• "Slip Slidin' Away" (1977)
• "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" (1970)
• "Soft Parachutes" (1981)
• "Someday One Day" (recorded by The Seekers) (1965)
• "Something So Right" (1973)
• "Somewhere They Can't Find Me" (1965)
• "Song About The Moon" (1982)
• "Song For The Asking" (1969)
• "The Sound Of Silence" (February 19, 1964)
• "Sparrow" (1964)
• "Spirit Voices" (1990)
• "St. Judy's Comet" (1973)
• "Still Crazy After All These Years" (1975)
• "Stranded In A Limousine" (1977)
• "Stranger To Stranger" (2016)
• "Street Angel" (2016)
• "Sure Don't Feel Like Love" (2004)

T

• "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" (1972)
• "The Teacher" (2000)
• "Teenage Fool" (1958)
• "Tenderness" (1973)
• "Ten Years" (1997)
• "That's Me" (2005)
• "That's My Story" (as Jerry Landis, and with Art Garfunkel as Tom Graph, 1958)
• "That's Where I Belong" (2000)
• "That's Why God Made The Movies" (1980)
• "That Was Your Mother" (1986)
• "Think Too Much (A)" (1983)
• "Think Too Much (B)" (1983)
• "Train In The Distance" (1983)

V

• "The Vampires" (1995)
• "Virgil" (1996)

W

• "Wartime Prayers" (2004)
• "Was A Sunny Day" (1973)
• "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." (1964)
• "We've Got A Groovy Thing Goin'" (1965)
• "The Werewolf" (2016)
• "When Numbers Get Serious" (1982)
• "Why Don't You Write Me" (1969)
• "Wild Flower" (as Jerry Landis, 1962)
• "Wristband" (2016)

Y

• "You Can Call Me Al" (1986)
• "You Don't Know Where Your Interest Lies" (1966)
• "You're The One" (2000)