Lyrics to
One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor

This version of One Man’S Ceiling Is Another Man’S Floor was released by Paul Simon in 1973.

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There’s been some hard feelings here
About some words that were said
There’s been some hard feelings here
And what is more
There’s been a bloody purple nose
And some bloody purple clothes
That were messing up the lobby floor
It’s just apartment house rules
So all you ‘partment fools
Remember : one man’s ceiling
is another man’s floor
Remember: one man’s ceiling
is another man’s floor

There’s been some strange goin’s on
And some folks have come and gone
And the elevator man don’t work no more
I heard a racket in the hall
And I thought 1 heard a fall
But I never opened up my door
It’s just apartment house sense
It’s like apartment rents
Remember : one man’s ceiling
is another man’s floor
Remember: one man’s ceiling
is another man’s floor

And there’s an alley
in the back of my building
Where some people congregate in shame
I was walking with mv dog
And the night was black with smog
When I thought I heard somebody
Call my name

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The lyrics to One Man’S Ceiling Is Another Man’S Floor are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Paul Simon used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to One Man’S Ceiling Is Another Man’S Floor have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Paul Simon and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

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