Be careful his bow-tie is really a camera

[seren_ccd]

30 Day Meme

Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly).

America by Simon and Garfunkel.

"Let us be lovers we'll marry our fortunes together"
"I've got some real estate here in my bag"
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies
And we walked off to look for America

"Kathy," I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
"Michigan seems like a dream to me now"
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I've gone to look for America

Laughing on the bus
Playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said "Be careful his bowtie is really a camera"

"Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat"
"We smoked the last one an hour ago"
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

"Kathy, I'm lost," I said, though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all gone to look for America
All gone to look for America
All gone to look for America

I have no idea why, but this song always makes me yearn for something. I'm never quite sure what though.

Comments

[ms-prue.livejournal.com]

Uncultured ignoramus Prue is an uncultured ignoramus: I have never seen the lyrics to this song before. Which is embarrassing because I could sing you the melody no probs :o)
I know the lyrics for The Boxer, though, and that song nearly makes me cry.

[seren-ccd.livejournal.com]

Hee! It's got such good lyrics, but yeah. I had to look them up because what I was hearing in my head was just NOT making sense. :D

Oh, the Boxer slays me everytime. *sighs*