Artist	Song
Paul Simon	Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard (Demo) [San Francisco 2/71]
from Paul Simon (2010)
Paul Simon	I Am a Rock
from The Paul Simon Songbook (2004)
Paul Simon	Loves Me Like a Rock (Acoustic Demo)
from There Goes Rhymin' Simon (2010)
Simon & Garfunkel	Old Friends
from Bookends (Remastered) (2001)
Paul Simon	American Tune (Unfinished Demo)
from There Goes Rhymin' Simon (2010)
Paul Simon	Duncan (Demo) [San Francisco 2/71]
from Paul Simon (2010)
Paul Simon	Born At the Right Time (Acoustic Demo) [Bonus Track]
from The Rhythm of the Saints (Remastered) (2010)
Paul Simon	Homeless (Demo) [Bonus Track]
from Graceland (Remastered) (2010)
Paul Simon	Take Me to the Mardi Gras (Acoustic Demo)
from There Goes Rhymin' Simon (2010)
Paul Simon	Rene and George Magritte With Their Dog After the War (Acoustic Demo) [Bonus Track]
from Hearts and Bones (Remastered) (2010)
Paul Simon	Kathy's Song
from The Paul Simon Songbook (2004)
Paul Simon	Let Me Live In Your City (Work In Progress)
from There Goes Rhymin' Simon (2010)
Paul Simon	The Late Great Johnny Ace (Acoustic Demo) [Bonus Track]
from Hearts and Bones (Remastered) (2010)
Paul Simon	Can I Forgive Him (Demo) [Bonus Track]
from Songs from The Capeman (2010)
Paul Simon	April Come She Will
from The Paul Simon Songbook (2004)
Simon & Garfunkel	Patterns
from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (Remastered) (2001)
Paul Simon	Train In the Distance (Acoustic Demo) [Bonus Track]
from Hearts and Bones (Remastered) (2010)
Simon & Garfunkel	A Poem On the Underground Wall
from Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (Remastered) (2001)
Paul Simon	Leaves That Are Green
from The Paul Simon Songbook (2004)
Paul Simon	Shelter of Your Arms (Work-In-Progress) [Bonus Track]
from Hearts and Bones (Remastered) (2010)

Comment:

If you ever wanted to burrow into a Hall of Fame songwriter's brain to discover how his songs evolve from blank page to brilliant performance, our First Drafts playlist grants you that ultra-rare peek behind the curtain. The first released version of Simon's jaw-jutting declaration of independence, "I Am a Rock," is essentially completely formed, just a couple of production tweaks — and an Art Garfunkel harmony — away from the song we all know and love. In Simon's demo for Graceland's African odyssey, "Homeless," he lays out a multi-tracked, Paul-on-Paul vocal roadmap that guest stars Ladysmith Black Mambazo would later set aflame in the studio. And a couple of songs-in-progress from 1973's There Goes Rhymin' Simon take very different paths: while the wistful melancholy of "American Tune" needs just a few key lyrics to fill in the ooohs, the laid-back lusciousness of "Let Me Live In Your City" gets retooled from the chorus up on its way to becoming "Something So Right." But don't stop there; we're bringing you some of your favorite Paul Simon songs . . . like you've never heard them before.

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