The Horror!
So, I have had this ear worm for the past few days, and I think that I am going to lose what little is left of my mind.
The tune in question, Paul Simon's "You Can Call Me Al," is a fun catchy tune, but this is not the problem.
The problem is that I am hearing it in my head with different lyrics.
Specifically, I am hearing the tune, but they lyrics are the Jewish Hymn Adon Olam (אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם).
This hymn, which ends almost every Jewish service has a number of commonly used tunes, and it is thought by some to be able to be adapted to any tune.
I do know that in addition to the aforementioned Paul Simon song, that it works well with the Iron Butterfly anthem "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida."
In any case, here is the full text of the hymn:
אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר מָלַךְ
בְּטֶרֶם כָּל יְצִיר נִבְרָא
אֲזַי מֶלֶךְ שְׁמוֹ נִקְרָא
וְאַחֲרֵי כִּכְלוֹת הַכֹּל
לְבַדּוֹ יִמְלוֹךְ נוֹרָא
וְהוּא הָיָה וְהוּא הֹוֶה
וְהוּא יִהְיֶה בְּתִפְאָרָה
וְהוּא אֶחָד וְאֵין שֵׁנִי
לְהַמְשִׁיל לוֹ לְהַחְבִּירָה
בְּלִי רֵאשִׁית בְּלִי תַכְלִית
וְלוֹ הָעֹז וְהַמִּשְׂרָה
וְהוּא אֵלִי וְחַי גּוֹאֲלִי
וְצוּר חֶבְלִי בְּעֵת צָרָה
וְהוּא נִסִּי וּמָנוֹס לִי
מְנָת כּוֹסִי בְּיוֹם אֶקְרָא
בְּיָדוֹ אַפְקִיד רוּחִי
בְּעֵת אִישָׁן וְאָעִירָה
וְעִם רוּחִי גְוִיָּתִי
אֲדֹנָי לִי וְלֹא אִירָא
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