my House of Simon & Garfunkel songs

Those Returned to most often in My Life

as 16 (17) symbolical Rooms or other parts




Roof Top

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER *



Front Door

MRS. ROBINSON

(...where no one ever goes...
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home)



Hallway

PATTERNS

(Pieces of a Puzzle... Rat in a Maze)



Kitchen

THE DANGLING CONVERSATION

("And you read your Emily Dickinson
and I my Robert Frost
and we note our place with bookmarkers
that measure what we've lost")



Parlour

BOOKENDS THEME

(preserve your memories)



Bathroom

FOR EMILY, WHENEVER I MAY FIND HER

(your cheeks flushed with the night)



Living TV Room

HOMEWARD BOUND

(...movies and the factories
and every stranger's face I see
reminds me that I long to be...)



Bedroom

WEDNESDAY MORNING, 3 A.M.

(and I watch as her breasts gently rise, gently fall)



Closet

(within) THE SOUND OF SILENCE

(no one dare disturb...)



Attic

KATHY'S SONG

(drizzle of the rain... tapping on my roof and walls)



Stairway

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

(just kicking down the cobble stones)



Basement

THE BOXER

(laying low,
seeking out for poorer quarters)



Workroom

I AM A ROCK

(I have my books
and my poetry to protect me)



Balcony (of Backyard)

APRIL, COME SHE WILL

(August, die she must)



Tool Shed

HAZY SHADE OF WINTER

(...weaving time in a tapestry...
simply pretend that you can build them again)



Play House

CECILIA **

(when I come back to bed
someone's taken my place)



(Garden (Border to World))

(And we walked off to look for) AMERICA






* "I'm sailing right behind" I always thought was "I'm sailing rather high"

** "You're shaking my confidence daily" I almost thought was "You're shaking my coffee and stay/leave"



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