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.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: August 26, 2006 at 5:22 am
Author: Tom64

Length: 00:05:32
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Tags: Paul Simon Art Garfunkel Old Friends

Video Comments:
bpc1960 (November 15, 2008 at 10:28 pm)
tough shite
bikebird (November 11, 2008 at 12:27 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 10:43 pm)
me, too. when i was a teenager (tough times for everyone) i had those words written on my wall by my bed.
bikebird (November 11, 2008 at 12:22 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.
bikebird (November 11, 2008 at 12:11 pm)
The Sheep Meadow. I was there. I was a freshman at NYU, grew up listening to Mom's S&G albums. It was perfect.
shamelads1289 (November 9, 2008 at 7:13 am)
i wish i was there so much!!!
Cinders29 (November 8, 2008 at 3:09 am)
Im with you on this one. Who woulda thunk it? When I was 16 I could not even imagine being alive in 2 years, much less 40+. Sometimes those times seem more real than now. So full of wonder and playful cynicism, and discovery.
username4396 (November 6, 2008 at 12:35 am)
darkness is an old friend of thiers :)
Icry4peace (November 4, 2008 at 12:47 pm)
on this election eve - i can only hope and dream that our country and the world will soon feel the peace this song makes me feel everytime i listen
hitides78 (November 1, 2008 at 10:52 am)
reminds me of my youth growing up with my best friend...."my brother dennis" who taught me everything. He will be now an forever will be within me.....rip my brother.