Simon & Garfunkel - Old Friends

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From my personal favorite concert in Central Park, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel singing Old Friends. The vocals are just amazing.

Someone requested the lyrics, so here they are:

OLD FRIENDS LYRICS:

Old friends,
Old friends
Sat on their park bench
Like bookends.
A newspaper blown though the grass
Falls on the round toes
Of the high shoes
Of the old friends.

Old friends,
Winter companions,
The old men
Lost in their overcoats,
Waiting for the sunset.
The sounds of the city,
Sifting through trees,
Settle like dust
On the shoulders
Of the old friends.

Can you imagine us
Years from today,
Sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange
To be seventy.
Old friends,
Memory brushes the same years
Silently sharing the same fears

BOOKENDS LYRICS:

Time it was and what a time it was it was,
A time of innocence a time of confidences.

Long ago it must be, I have a photograph
Preserve your memories, theyre all thats left you

59TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (FEELIN' GROOVY) LYRICS:

Slow down, you move too fast.
You got to make the morning last.
Just kicking down the cobble stones.
Looking for fun and feelin' groovy.

Ba da, Ba da, Ba da, Ba da...Feelin' Groovy.

Hello lamp-post,
What cha knowin'?
I've come to watch your flowers growin'.
Ain't cha got no rhymes for me?
Doot-in' doo-doo,
Feelin' groovy.

I've got no deeds to do,
No promises to keep.
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep.
Let the morning time drop all its petals on me.
Life, I love you,
All is groovy.

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Uploaded: August 25, 2006 at 4:22 pm
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Video Comments:
XxSternchenxX8 (November 30, 2008 at 10:57 am)
unforgettable..
this will stay forever i´m sure..
tsawp (November 30, 2008 at 10:20 am)
Just how wonderful couple are these men. The best singers ever... No doubt of that!
~Waboozz
DancingAngelicR (November 27, 2008 at 10:11 pm)
Wonderful song. My Mother use to play Simon & Garfunkel often when I was young. I so love their music!!!!
VW1373 (November 26, 2008 at 5:28 pm)
feelin groovy
MusicMadMaurice (November 21, 2008 at 12:07 am)
wj234 asks "why is there no music now like that?" It's because the music industry is now run by corporate accountants and not musician businessmen. Video imagery has replaced musical & lyrical substance. The remaining radio stations play from national playlists making it almost impossible for new artists to get their first break. S&G's first hit song was recorded and forgotten until it resurfaced months later on a college radio station, played by a DJ who had independence from management.
MusicMadMaurice (November 20, 2008 at 11:54 pm)
You are right. When it was written it was probably just about two old guys that PS had seen sitting in a park every day. He was a keen observer of human behaviour and translated that into both music and lyrics very eloquently. My point was that even though the song was written so long ago about someone else, it now seems to suit the two of them. I hope that their differences have been resolved. John Lennon died without reconciling with Paul McCartney and I believe his spirit was poorer for that.
bpc1960 (November 15, 2008 at 8:28 am)
tough shite
bikebird (November 10, 2008 at 10:27 pm)
Listen to "I Am a Rock," you'll identify. It's about the narrator's attempts to shield himself from the pain of life. The final lyric is, ". . .and a rock feels no pain, and an island never cries." Then I cry, listening.
monicasuetannehill (November 18, 2008 at 8:43 am)
me, too. when i was a teenager (tough times for everyone) i had those words written on my wall by my bed.
bikebird (November 10, 2008 at 10:22 pm)
And how old was Simon when he wrote this? "I was 21 years when I wrote this song. . .I'm 22 now, but I won't be for long. . ." Amazingly perceptive for one so young.