Bookends - Simon and Garfunkel

I always loved this one. Enjoy!

Old Friends - Simon And Garfunkel
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>From "Bookends".

NB. Doesn't include the orchestral bit!

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Old friends Old friends Sat on their park bench like


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bookends A newspaper blown through the grass falls on the


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round toes Of the high shoes Of the old friends


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Old friends Winter companions the old men


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Lost in their overcoats waiting for the sunset The


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sounds of the city sifting through trees Settle like


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dust On the shoulders Of the old friends


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Can you imagine us years from today Sharing a park bench


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quietly? How terrible strange to be seventy...


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Old friends Memory brushes the same years


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Silently sharing the same fears


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Repeat for verses...

Time it was and what a time it was it was
A time of innocence, a time of confidences.
Long ago it must be, I have a photograph.
Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you...

Begin again with new fourth measure...

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Play to end...