Simon and Garfunkel – Orion's Cold Fire

25APR2018 – Quote of the Day

Yeah, more Paul Simon. What? So sue me!

I am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told

I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles,

Such are promises, all lies and jest,

Still a man hears what he wants to hear

And disregards the rest, hmmm

…

In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade

And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him

‘Til he cried out in his anger and his shame

I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains.

The Boxer by Paul Simon

Now, Paul Simon is a commie and a friend of Woodie Allen but that commie can really write a good lyric.

“And the people bowed and prayed

To the neon god they made

And the sign flashed out its warning

In the words that it was forming

And the sign said, the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls

And tenement halls

And whispered in the sounds of silence”

Excerpt from “The Sounds of Silence” by Paul Simon