Simon & Garfunkel -I am a rock(1966年）

I am a rock

A winter's day
In a deep and dark December;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

I've built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

Don't talk of love,
Well, I've heard the word before.
It's sleeping in my memory.
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.

Daily Vocabulary(2009/01/26)

6976.yield to(譲る、譲り渡す、負ける、屈する）
YIELD TO PEDESTRIANS IN CROSSWALK.
6977.backlash(反発、反動）
I see that the company has yieled to workforce backlash.
6978.office hours(業務［営業］時間)
You can monitor what's happening at your house during your office hours.
6979.on company time(勤務中に、勤務時間に）
I hadn't realized that more and more employees were logging onto the popular sites on company time.
6980.pull the plug(やめにする、突然中止する）
I wasn't surprized that companies are pulling the plug.
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