 Genius Meanings
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bleecker Street
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After establishing their folk cred by performing popular covers on the first two tracks of “Wednesday Morning, 3AM”, Paul and Artie unveil their first original song, “Bleecker
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bleecker Street - Demo
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Fog's rollin' in off the East River bank / Like a shroud, it covers Bleecker Street / Fills the alleys where men sleep / Hides the shepherd from the sheep / Voices leaking from a
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Simon & Garfunkel – Feuilles-O
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Feuilles oh, sauvez la vie moi, J'ai de la misère oh / Feuilles oh, sauvez la vie moi, J'ai de la misère oh / Pitie moi malade, Je cours à la maison du gangan Similo / Pitie moi
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Simon & Garfunkel – Bye, Bye Love (Live)
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Bye bye love / Bye bye happiness / Hello loneliness / I think I'm gonna cry / Bye bye love / Bye bye sweet caress / Hello emptiness / I feel like I could die / Bye bye love
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Simon & Garfunkel – My Little Town
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“My Little Town” was written by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. It appeared as the second song on Simon’s solo album “Still Crazy After All These Years” and as the sixth song on
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Simon & Garfunkel – Blessed (Live)
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Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit / Blessed is the Lamb whose blood flows / Blessed are the sat upon, spat upon, ratted on / O Lord, why have you forsaken me? / I got no
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Simon & Garfunkel – That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine (Live)
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In a vine-covered shack in the mountains / Bravely fighting the battle of time / Is a dear one who's weathered my sorrows / Tis that silver-haired daddy of mine / If I could recall
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Simon & Garfunkel – Hey, Schoolgirl/Black Slacks (Live)
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Ooh-bop-a-loo-cha-bop, you're mine / Woo-bop-a-loo-cha-bop, you're mine / Hey, Schoolgirl in the second row / Teacher's lookin' over so I gotta whisper way down low / I say, woo-
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Simon & Garfunkel – Anji (Live)
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[Instrumental]
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Simon & Garfunkel – Red Rubber Ball (Live)
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I should have known you'd bid me farewell / There's a lesson to be learned from this / And I learned it very well / Now I know you're not / The only starfish in the sea / If I
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Simon & Garfunkel – Star Carol
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Long years ago, on a deep winter night / High in the heavens, a star shone bright / While in the manger, a wee baby lay / Sweetly asleep, on a bed of hay / Jesus our lord, was that
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Simon & Garfunkel – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
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[Verse 1] / I can hear the soft breathing of the girl that I love / As she lies here beside me, asleep with the night / And her hair, in a fine mist, floats on my pillow
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Simon & Garfunkel – Overs (Live)
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Why don't we stop fooling ourselves? / The game is over / Over / Over / No good times, no bad times / There's no times at all / Just The New York Times / Sitting on the windowsill
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Simon & Garfunkel – A Poem on the Underground Wall (Live)
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The last train is nearly due / The Underground is closing soon / And in the dark, deserted station / Restless in anticipation / A man waits in the shadows / His restless eyes leap
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Simon & Garfunkel – A Church Is Burning
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[Chorus] / A church is burning / The flames rise higher / Like hands that are praying, aglow in the sky / Like hands that are praying, the fire is saying / "You can burn down my
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Simon & Garfunkel – Comfort and Joy
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God rest ye merry gentlemen / Let nothing you dismay / Remember Christ our savior / Was born on Christmas Day / To save us all from Satan's power / When we we're gone astray / Oh
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence
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This track about the inability of people to communicate emotionally, was thought by many to be a response to the Kennedy assassination as it was written during the same time and
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Simon & Garfunkel – He Was My Brother
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This song is a dedication to Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman – Three civil rights activists murdered at the hands of a Ku Klux Klan lynch mob on June 21, 1964
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Simon & Garfunkel – Cecilia
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“Cecilia” is a song written by Paul Simon. It was first recorded by Simon and Garfunkel for their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water. When released as a single, it reached #4 in
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Simon & Garfunkel – You Can Tell the World
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“You Can Tell the World” is a traditional black gospel song. S&G’s high energy arrangement was based off a version performed by Bob Gibson and Bob Camp at the 1961 Newport Folk
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Simon & Garfunkel – Benedictus
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“Benedictus” was arranged and adapted from two-part acapella motet by Orlande de Lassus.
The vocals are accompanied by cello and a sparse guitar accompaniment.
Art Garfunkel
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Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer
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“The Boxer” is considered one of Paul Simon’s masterpieces, telling the story of a young boy who laments his poverty and then turning to that of a boxer.
It was first suggested
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Simon & Garfunkel – Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
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Originally recorded in 1950 by folk singer-songwriter Ed McCurdy, “Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream” became an anthem of the late 20th Century peace movement. It has served as
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Simon & Garfunkel – Peggy-O
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[Verse 1] / As we marched down to Fennario / As we marched down to Fennario / Our captain fell in love / With a lady like a dove / And they called her name pretty Peggy-O / [Verse
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Simon & Garfunkel (Ft. Los Incas) – El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
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While touring in Paris, Paul Simon heard the Peruvian ensemble Los Incas play “El Cóndor Pasa” (“The condor goes by”, or “flies past”; a song from the 1913 zarzuela (musical play
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Simon & Garfunkel – Scarborough Fair/Canticle
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“Scarborough Fair” is a traditional English folk ballad, detailing a list of tasks the speaker gives to his former lover to earn back his love, which are impossible to achieve (
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Simon & Garfunkel – America
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“America”, written by Paul Simon, is a song recorded by Simon & Garfunkel. It was included in their album Bookends, released on 3 April 1968, and is notable as one of the few rock
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Simon & Garfunkel – Patterns
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“Patterns” was written by Paul Simon and originally included on his 1965 album The Paul Simon Songbook.
The lyrics are about how life is a complex pattern that is difficult to
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Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson
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During the filming of the 1967 film The Graduate, director Mike Nichols, who had become a fan of Simon & Garfunkel’s work, asked for permission to use their music in the soundtrack
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Simon & Garfunkel – Homeward Bound
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Once the recording of Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. had been completed, Paul Simon travelled to England to explore the London folk scene. While there, he met Kathy Chitty (the same
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Simon & Garfunkel – Baby Driver
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An incredibly out-of-character song by Paul Simon. Departing from his typically mellow, story-based love songs, Baby Driver is a plainly-worded song about having sex with an
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Simon & Garfunkel – Cloudy
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“Cloudy” was jointly written by Paul Simon and Bruce Woodley of The Seekers (who later re-recorded it for their 1967 album Seekers Seen in Green).
The song is whimsical and
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Simon & Garfunkel – Go Tell It On The Mountain
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“Go Tell It on the Mountain” is an African-American spiritual song, compiled by John Wesley Work, Jr., dating back to at least 1865, that has been sung and recorded by many gospel
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Simon & Garfunkel – Sparrow
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“Sparrow” illustrates the plight of those who become forgotten within a rich society. Rejected and overlooked by the rich and the beautiful, the sparrow only finds peace in death.
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Simon & Garfunkel – Richard Cory
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The lyrics of this song are a reworking and expansion of a poem by the same name, written by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
The song tells the tale of a Richard Cory from the
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