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The voice, which hasn’t changed one iota in more than 40 years, is in itself miraculous. He still hits those notes. Effortlessly.

But his nimble lyricy and wondrous vulnerability as a storyteller is remarkable. Remarkable, I tell you.

And in this his upteenth album, called “Surprise,” at the age of 64, Paul Simon is, simply, a prophet.

And for that, we thank you, Mr. Simon.

For getting our attention, for lifting our consciousness, for challenging our hearts and minds, we honor you.

Listen to the words of “Wartime Prayers,” one of the gems on “Surprise”:

Prayers offered in times of peace are silent conversations. Appeals for love, or love’s release. In private invocations. But all that is changed now. Gone like a memory from the day before the fires. People hungry for the voice of God hear lunatics and liars. Wartime prayers. Wartime prayers in every language spoken. For every family scattered and broken.

Because you cannot walk with the holy if you’re just a halfway decent man, I don’t pretend that I’m a mastermind with a genius marketing plan. I’m trying to tap into some wisdom. Even a little drop will do. I want to rid my envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through.

Times are hard. It’s a hard time, but everybody knows. All about hard times, the thing is, what are you gonna do? Well, you cry and try to muscle through. Try to rearrange your stuff. But when the wounds are deep enough, and it’s all that we can bear, we wrap ourselves. In prayer.

Because you cannot walk with the holy if you’re just a halfway decent man, I don’t pretend that I’m a mastermind with a genius marketing plan. I’m trying to tap into some wisdom. Even a little drop will do. I want to rid my heart of envy, and cleanse my soul of rage before I’m through. A mother murmurs in twilight sleep and draws her babies closer. With hush-a-byes for sleepy eyes, and kisses on the shoulder. To drive away despair she says a wartime prayer.

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Bless him.