Simon and Garfunkel

Playing on my iPod this afternoon.....The Definitive Simon and Garfunkel. They really have written and sung some of the most amazing lyrics.

A winter’s day
In a deep and dark december;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,
I am an island.
I’ve built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It’s laughter and it’s loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

Don’t talk of love,
But I’ve heard the words before;
It’s sleeping in my memory.
I won’t disturb the slumber of feelings that have died.
If I never loved I never would have cried.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

I have my books
And my poetry to protect me;
I am shielded in my armor,
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.
I touch no one and no one touches me.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

And a rock feels no pain;
And an island never cries.

As a child, a teenager and now as an adult...I could swear that they wrote that final verse just for me.

And a love song that takes some beating....For Emily (whenever I may find her)

What a dream I had
Pressed in Organdy
Clothed in Crinoline
Of Smokey Burgundy
Softer than the rain
I wandered empty streets down
Past the shop displays
I heard cathedral bells
Tripping down the alleyways
As I walked on

And when you ran to me your
Cheeks flushed with the night
We walked on frosted fields
Of juniper and lamplight
I held your hand

And when I awoke
And felt you warm and near
I kissed your honey hair
With my grateful tears
Oh I love you girl,
Oh I love you.

There are two of their songs I don't like...mainly because they both creep me out!!! "Seven O'Clock News/Silent Night" and "Old Friends". Don't ask me why...but ever since I was a child they gave me the screaming heebie jeebies and always had to be fast-forwarded! I guess it just goes to show that their music has a deep impact on me...whether for good or bad.