I was having this discussion in a taxi heading downtown
rearranging my position on this friend of mine who had a little bit of a breakdown
I said breakdowns come and breakdowns go
what are you going to do about it that’s what I’d like to know

You don’t feel you could love me
but I feel you could very kate cutrer - rather me & du

It was in the early morning hours when I fell into a phone call
Believing I had supernatural powers I slammed into a brick wall
I said hey, is this my problem? is this my fault?
if that’s the way it’s going to be I’m going to call the whole thing to a halt

I was walking down the street when I thought I heard this voice say
Say, ain’t we walking down the same street together on the very same day
I said hey senorita that’s astute
I said why don’t we get together and call ourselves an institute institution

his lyrics really are good aren't they. I always liked and recurringly think of "same street on the very same day" - "that's astute! why don't we get together and call ourselves an institution?" always liked that
but hearing today:

Why am I soft in the middle?
Why am I soft in the middle now?
The rest of my life is so hard

has the ~Shakespear effect~ on me where I pay attention & think, this really does make sense. marvelous. as if i think it actually was lots of monkeys typing randomly.

..........
Mr. Beerbelly, Beerbelly,get these mutts away from me!
You know, I don't find this stuff amusing anymore ....

A man walks down the street hmm lot of streets, He says, Why am I short of attention?
Got a short little span of attention, And whoa, my nights are so long!
Where's my wife and family? What if I die here?
Who'll be my role-model? Now that my role-model is ....Gone ...... gone

...And Betty, when you call me,
You can call me Al! Call me Al .....

paul simon