April come she will
When streams are ripe and swelled with rain
May she will stay
Resting in my arms again
June she'll change her tune
In restless walks she'll prowl the night

July she will fly
And give no warning to her flight
August die she must
The autumn winds blow chilly and cold
September I remember
A love once new has now grown old



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Track duration: 01:49

"April Come She Will" as written by Paul Simon

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    My Interpretation:It's about a final season, cancer taking her away.

    Of course it's also referentially about the seasons.
    Flag Ellenhunton March 18, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:To me, this song is the tale told by a lover looking back on his lost love. He speaks of each new stage in their relationship:
    "April come she will"- they came together, began a relationship
    "May she will stay, resting in my arms..."- they were in love, each other was all they needed
    "June she'll change her tune"- she begins to change, to drift away
    "July she will fly, and give no warning to her flight"- she leaves without warning
    "August die she must"- this isn't saying that he literally killed her, or that she died... but rather that she died to him- to make it easier to move on
    "September I remember, a love once new has now grown old"- this is where he is now looking back, remembering everything that used to be.

    I think this is such a beautiful piece of poetry and a lovely Simon and Garfunkel song.
    Flag hla2on January 21, 2013   Link
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    My Interpretation:It seems like a simple and melancholy love song about the progression of a relationship, but I've always thought of it as a twisted or disturbed person's account of a short relationship that ended in murder.
    'Die she must' could symbolise the complete ending of their relationship (she was dead to him etc) but also the 'must' is quite a forceful word, a deluded lover (think: Brendan Block in Secret Smile's stalking and manipulative behaviour) could have killed the girl because she left him, as something that simply must happen because she wouldn't stay and therefore should be dead, both metaphorically and literally.
    Flag dxsloveon May 17, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:Yikes, the angst of the young. Guess what guys, sometimes it is not all about you. This beautiful song, which never fails to bring tears to my eyes, is simply about the transient nature of the seasons, i.e. Spring and summer in the northern hemisphere
    Flag Millymoon August 13, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:This song is about baseball season.

    "April come she will" - literally the start of the season
    "May she will stay, resting in my arms again" - team gets on a roll, in midseason form
    "June she'll change her tune" - team goes through a slump, sad times all around
    "July she will fly, and give no warning..." - the whim and fickleness of the trade deadline
    "August die she must" - a morale-crushing losing streak that drops the team out of playoff contention
    "September I remember, a love once new has now grown old" - the season ends

    This interpretation was borne from having heard this song for the first time in years on Opening Day and thinking "holy ****", this totally fits.
    Flag Tenspro2002on April 09, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:i love this song and sing it with my guitar. The Americans have sayings about hurricanes which tie in with the words to the song, it's a love song and love can be like a hurricane! Is this where Paul Simon got the inspiration to write the song?
    Flag mandolaon September 02, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:amazing song. i watched the graduate for the first time a few weeks ago. im sure most people become obsessed with the soundtrack after they see that movie, but i am starting to wonder if i will ever listen to anything besides paul simon again. I just finished my freshman year at college... summer is underway and the girl that i loved in college is gone. she lived across the hall from my room and we became attached. we knew we would have to spend the summer apart, and despite this i told her only weeks before school ended that i loved her and she said the same for me. i knew it was not opportune to say this, but it was honest. now that i am about a month into summer, i don't know what to do. the overwhelming love i had for her before is fading now for some reason. "a love once new has now grown old." im going to turn 20 in a few months. when did i start getting older? i never grew up.
    Flag somespecificindividualon July 14, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Paul Simon was born in October 1941, the song recorded in December 1965. He must've been between 24-25 years old when he wrote this.

    The depth of how it is sung makes Paul Simon seem like an old soul. He takes a simple poetic idea and puts it into a simple three stanza format and a miracle was created with this song.

    Just a beautiful song. The lyricists during the 1960s were quit amazing. There was something about that decade that mused perhaps the greatest song lyrics ever written. Those who can write a lyric aren't recognized these days it seems because the lyrics written these days seem to emphasize materialism or egocentricity or is just a bunch of lines of cliche.

    Or is it that people have forgotten to write good song lyrics? I wonder if any song writers feel challenged to write something meaningful when they hear a song like this.

    Paul Simon, what can you say about the man. He was touched some force to have been able to come with so many amazing lyrics seemingly effortlessly.
    Flagged mydreamqueston March 26, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I first heard this song in the movie "The Graduate". It nailed me right off the bat. I am now approaching 50 and the one thing I am sure of is that no matter how old you get you never forget your first love. We were so young. I was learning to play the guitar back then and I played this song for her one cold evening in October of 1979. I am happily married now with kids but the memory of that night, of her face and of her voice will never leave me.
    Living a life is an amazing thing.

    Cheers
    Flag labear63on January 17, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This is one of my favourite songs written by Paul Simon ever, and I think Art Garfunkel sang it as good as the writing. Simon & Garfunkel, still to me the best duet that ever existed.

    This song was always more of a poem than anything else to me, and the meaning is easily and universally understood. Simon & Garfunkel wrote great songs about age loss and time, and April Come She Will epitomizes their skill within the theme genre. I always get teary eyed when listening to the song, and emotions flood within me. There are so many memories, so many experiences, and so many times I felt the song could have been named after me. Good things never last forever, and it is until you remember what you lost you realize how good you had it.
    Flag GoodMusicDevoteeon November 27, 2009   Link

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