Lyric discussion by Corry52 

IMO Paul Simon is doing here a hugh job. This is a very personal Paul Simon song like he also did towards his former wifes he loved.

I am recalling Carrie Fisher: about this relationship Paul Simon widmed several songs. The most important songs are "Hearts and Bones" and "Graceland'.

Paul Simon married three times. The last time he married with the female musican Edie Brickel who is coming from Dallas TX USA. He is still married with her and together they have three children.

I guess this song is a little bit a hard to understand song for younger people than I am being on an age of 67 years old.

When you`ve reached this age you have a different look about what love is than when you are/were in your teens; twenties and thirties and so on.

Today this one is really one of my all favorites songs. Reason: the open-mind declaration of LOVE to his wife Edie Brickell. I did not hear any artist doing so in this way.

Explaining your love (again) and how difficult it - sometimes is - working on your marriage and/or other kind of adult relationships for maintaining it.

This song is such a vulnerable song when you see Paul Simon performing this song on stage. Paul Simon knows and understands what love is to be.

Fortunately. Kind regards from the Netherlands Europe

I am not an #American: just 'a woman'.

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