When Numbers Get Serious

When Numbers Get Serious - Paul Simon [Verse 1] I have a number in my head Though I don’t know why it’s there       When numbers get serious   You see their shape everywhere   Dividing and multiplying        Exchanging with ease     When times are mysterious Serious numbers are eager to please [Chorus]     Take my address. Take my phone     Call me if you can     Here’s my address. Here’s my phone     Please don’t give it to some madman Hey hey whoa whoa it’s a complicated life     Numbers swirling thick and curious You can     cut them with a knife  You can cut them with a knife   [Verse 2]   Two times two is twenty-two  Four times four is forty-four         When numbers get serious     They leave a mark on your door   Urgent. Urgent. A telephone        ringing in the hallways     When times are mysterious Serious numbers will speak to us always [Chorus]     That is why a man with numbers can     put your mind at ease     We’ve got numbers by the trillions     Here and overseas Hey hey whoa whoa Look at the     stink about Japan     All those numbers waiting patiently     Don’t you understand?     Don’t you understand? [Verse 3]    So wrap me wrap me wrap me do In the shelter of your arms         I am ever your volunteer     I won’t do you any harm   I will love innumerably        You can count on my word     When times are mysterious Serious numbers will always be heard     When times are mysterious Serious numbers will always be heard [Outro]    And after all is said and done    And the numbers all come home The four rolls into three The three turns into two The two becomes a one