| Paul Simon – Born At The Right Time Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think it's about all of us being "Born at the Right Time" at the moment of our births. Who can say otherwise to a newborn in its proud parents' arms? Then we slowly forget this as we grow up. From childhood dreams of becoming an astronaut, doctor, or movie star, we grow up to become store clekrs, shop mechanics, and bookkeepers. As Paul Simon was "wheeling and dealing" so to speak trying to make a buck as a rock musician, he spots a baby in its mother's arms while waiting at the airport. He realizes how innocent we all once were, when all the world's love was poured upon us for our undivided attention. |
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| Paul Simon – American Tune Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I interpret the song in the same vein as greenbean, that is, a song about the immigrant. In a kind of tradition set by the pilgrims, many came to escape persecution and so are here "to get some rest". However, while researching for a caption of a photo I took of a sleeping homeless black man (I take pictures of solitary figures in NYC, the homeless -- white or black -- included) I remembered this song and came to this website hoping to take a spin on "rest". What came to me however was that, if my interpretation of the song being about immigrants is right, then the song is only about the white experience. The blacks didn't come here to rest, but rather to work in the fields. |
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