OLD FRIENDS
(Paul Simon)

Old friends,
Old friends,
Sat on their park bench
Like bookends.
A newspaper blown through the grass
Falls on the round toes,
Of the high shoes
Of the old friends.

Old friends,
Winter companions,
The old men,
Lost in their overcoats,
Waiting for the sunset.
The sounds of the city,
Sifting through trees,
Settle like dust
On the shoulders
Of the old friends.

Can you imagine us
Years from today,
Sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange
To be seventy.

Old friends,
Memory brushes the same years.
Silently sharing the same fear....


Recording from Bookends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3NYWzHLEZw