Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again, Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping, And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence. In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone, 'Neath the halo of a street lamp, I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence. And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more. People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening, People writing songs that voices never share And no one dare Disturb the sound of silence. Fools said I, You do not know Silence like a cancer grows. Hear my words that I might teach you, Take my arms that I might reach you. But my words like silent raindrops fell, And echoed In the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made. And the sign flashed out its warning, In the words that it was forming. And the sign said, The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls. And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
Lyrics by Henry Mancini
All His Children All My Loving All the Way Alone in Paris [Instrumental] As Time Goes By [From Casablanca] Baby Elephant Walk Baby Elephant Walk [From the Film Hatari!] Ben Blue Mantilla Cat and Mouse [Instrumental] Charade Charade, song (for the film Charade) Chararde, song Come to Me [Instrumental] Crazy World Darling Lili Darling Lili [From the Film Darling Lili] Days of Wine and Roses Days of Wine and Roses (for the film The Days of W... Dear Heart Dear Heart [From Dear Heart] Dear Heart, film score Dream a Little Dream of Me Dreamsville Ebb Tide Ebb Tide [Stereo] Elegant [#][Instrumental] Experiment in Terror Experiment In Terror (Twist) Experiment in Terror [From the Film Experiment in ... Gaily, Gaily [Instrumental] Golden Earrings Gonna Fly Now Greatest Gift [Instrumental] Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai) Help Me Make It Through the Night High Time/The Second Time Around How High the Moon I Had the Craziest Dream Imagine [John Lennon] In the Arms of Love In the Arms of Love (Instrumental) In the Arms of Love (Vocal) In the Arms of Love [Vocal Version] It Had Better Be Tonight It Had Better Be Tonight [Instrumental] It Had Better Be Tonight [Vocal Version] Just You and Me Together Love [Instrumental] Laura Le Matelot Club [#][Instrumental] Long Ago (And Far Away) Long Ago (And Far Away) [From Cover Girl] Love Is a Many Splendored Thing Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (for the film) Love Theme [From A Man and a Woman] Lullaby of Birdland Mamma Material Girl [Madonna] Mona Lisa Mood Indigo Moon River Moonlight Serenade My Foolish Heart My One and Only Love Nothing to Lose Nothing to Lose [From the Film The Party] Nothing to Lose [Instrumental] O Sole Mio On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Our Waltz Peter Gunn Pink Panther Theme Sentimental Dream [Instrumental] Sing, Sing, Sing Smoke Rings Softly, as I Leave You Stairway to the Stars Stardust Taking a Chance on Love Tequila Tequila, for band Thanks for the Memory That Old Black Magic The Best Is Yet to Come The Big Lift [#][Instrumental] The Christmas Song The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open ... The Days of Wine and Roses [From the Film Days of ... The Girl from Ipanema The Girl from Ipanema The Girl from Ipanema (Garota de Ipanema) The Greatest Gift [Instrumental] The Little Drummer Boy The Little Drummer Boy (Carol of the Drum), carol The Nothing to Lose (instrumental) [Instrumental] The Party (instrumental) [Instrumental] The Party [Instrumental] The Pink Panther Theme The Pink Panther Theme [From the Pink Panther] The Second Time Around The Shadow of Your Smile The Song from Moulin Rouge (Where Is Your Heart?) The Sweetheart Tree The Tango I Saved for You [Instrumental] The Way We Were The Way We Were [From The Way We Were] The Windmills of Your Mind Theme Theme Themes Those Were the Days Tomorrow is My Friend [Instrumental] Two for the Road Two for the Road [From the Film Two for the Road] Two for the Road [Instrumental] Until You Love Me [Alternate Take][*][Instrumental... Until You Love Me [Instrumental] When You Wish Upon a Star When You Wish Upon a Star [From Pinocchio] Whistling Away the Dark Windmills of Your Mind Windmills of Your Mind (from the film The Thomas C... You and Me [Instrumental] You Stepped Out of a Dream