Paul Simon — That’s Why God Made the Movies

When I was born, my mother died She said bye-bye baby, bye-bye I said "Where you going?, I'm just born" She said I'll only be gone for a while My mother loved to leave in style That's why God made the movies Well I laid around in my swaddling clothes Until the doctor came and turned out the lights Then I packed my bag and my nametag And stole away into the night Hoping things would work out right That's why God made the movies Say you will, say you will Say you'll take me to your loving breast Say you'll nourish me with your tenderness The way that ladies sometimes do Say you won't, say you won't Say you won't leave me for no other man Say you'll love me just the way I am Say you will, say you will When I was born my mother died She said bye-bye baby, bye-bye And since that day I've paid my way The notorious boy of the wild Adopted by wolves when he was a child That's why God, that's why God That's why God made the movies