I Rock 1965 by Paul SIMON 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, but I've heard the words 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, save within my womb. I touched 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! by Franz Felix - Austria/Vienna