I would agree with everyone here that the song is about a couple of one time lovers who meet up and reminicse, and agree they're 'still crazy' after all these years; it's the last verse that has me puzzled.
"now i sit by my window and i watch the cars
i fear i'll do some damage one fine day
but i would not be convicted by a jury of my peers
still crazy after all these years..."
He seems to be implying that the 'crazy' here is of the insane variety. Perhaps the window he is looking out of is of an institution. He also says he would not be convicted by a jury of his peers, is this because he is already incarcerated and what does he mean by doing some damage one fine day? Something dangerous/illegal/mad?
@Mimi64 I'm 67 and raised my kids, divorced and still working due to getting cleaned out by everybody. I grew up with Paul Simon music. Not that I have an inside track to his lyrics, but I can absolutely parallel his growing up in the 60s and 70s. The "I fear I"ll do some damage one fine day" is perhaps not damage outside himself, in an introspective song. When you can't do what you used to, and you're alone and just hanging on, self-deletion becomes a real option. And who of his peers would blame him, as they have likely...
@Mimi64 I'm 67 and raised my kids, divorced and still working due to getting cleaned out by everybody. I grew up with Paul Simon music. Not that I have an inside track to his lyrics, but I can absolutely parallel his growing up in the 60s and 70s. The "I fear I"ll do some damage one fine day" is perhaps not damage outside himself, in an introspective song. When you can't do what you used to, and you're alone and just hanging on, self-deletion becomes a real option. And who of his peers would blame him, as they have likely considered it too.
I would agree with everyone here that the song is about a couple of one time lovers who meet up and reminicse, and agree they're 'still crazy' after all these years; it's the last verse that has me puzzled.
"now i sit by my window and i watch the cars i fear i'll do some damage one fine day but i would not be convicted by a jury of my peers still crazy after all these years..."
He seems to be implying that the 'crazy' here is of the insane variety. Perhaps the window he is looking out of is of an institution. He also says he would not be convicted by a jury of his peers, is this because he is already incarcerated and what does he mean by doing some damage one fine day? Something dangerous/illegal/mad?
Still a great song
@Mimi64 I'm 67 and raised my kids, divorced and still working due to getting cleaned out by everybody. I grew up with Paul Simon music. Not that I have an inside track to his lyrics, but I can absolutely parallel his growing up in the 60s and 70s. The "I fear I"ll do some damage one fine day" is perhaps not damage outside himself, in an introspective song. When you can't do what you used to, and you're alone and just hanging on, self-deletion becomes a real option. And who of his peers would blame him, as they have likely...
@Mimi64 I'm 67 and raised my kids, divorced and still working due to getting cleaned out by everybody. I grew up with Paul Simon music. Not that I have an inside track to his lyrics, but I can absolutely parallel his growing up in the 60s and 70s. The "I fear I"ll do some damage one fine day" is perhaps not damage outside himself, in an introspective song. When you can't do what you used to, and you're alone and just hanging on, self-deletion becomes a real option. And who of his peers would blame him, as they have likely considered it too.