I was archiving their earlier albums onto my computer tonight when I checked their tour schedule and found this:
11/20 Thu Sacramento, CA Arco Arena
Tonight's the last night of Simon & Garfunkel's west coast tour that I could possibly get out to.
Plus, this will probably be the last tour they will do together, both having turned 62 recently. I wish I could turn the clock back a few hours, scratched the idea of turning in my homework tomorrow and found a way to the Arco Arena.
Earlier today, while riding my bike around school, and having noticed the fallen leaves gathered, covering patches of grass and asphalt, I started singing S&G's "Leaves That Are Green" to myself:
I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song.
I'm twenty-two now but I won't be for long
Time hurries on.
And the leaves that are green turn to brown,
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
Once my heart was filled with the love of a girl.
I held her close, but she faded in the night
Like a poem I meant to write.
And the leaves that are green turn to brown,
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
I threw a pebble in a brook
And watched the ripples run away
And they never made a sound.
And the leaves that are green turned to brown,
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello,
Good-bye, Good-bye, Good-bye, Good-bye,
That's all there is.
And the leaves that are green turned to brown,
And they wither with the wind,
And they crumble in your hand.
Comments (2)
Hmm, I didn't know Simon and Garfunkel were still touring, they were down in San Jose at the beginning of this month. It would have been cool to see them perform together, but they may have another round if the bucks are rollin' in this time (that's what Cher did).
Posted by lisa | November 21, 2003 6:41 AM
Posted on November 21, 2003 06:41
I saw S&G in Atlanta on 12/20 ... they performed "Leaves That Are Green" for us during the second encore. They said that night was the first time they'd sung it in concert since 1967. It was wonderful.
And no, you don't know me ... I just Googled for the lyrics to that song and came upon your page. :) I hope you do get to see them someday.
Posted by Matthew | December 22, 2003 8:14 PM
Posted on December 22, 2003 20:14