| Paul Simon – Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Actually I see robobo has pretty much the same thoughts I do on the song. | |
| Paul Simon – Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I never got any homosexual indications from this song. I always thought that he and Julio were juvenile delinquents. It just reminds me of the cliche 50's kids hanging out down at the schoolyard. Mama and Papa are Rosie's parents. The singer is Rosie's boyfriend. He and Julio did what delinquents did in the 50's - got into trouble. He was sent to juvie because of it. He gets released from juvie by his neighborhood priest who defends him for wome reason, but he still has to leave because he can't go back to his old neighborhood (Rosie's parents are pretty mad.) He never really gets to say goodbye to his "Rosie, queen of Corona" but thinks about it on his way out of Dodge. (I'm on my way. I don't know where I'm going. I'm on my way. Taking my time but I don't know where. Say goodbye to Rosie, the Queen of Corona.) In light of some other stuff written here, as Rosie was the "Queen of Corona" which may refer to the neighborhood in NY, she might have been a local girl who was easy instead of his girlfriend. Either way, what he does with her gets him in trouble. I never thought Julio was part of whatever happened with Rosie because he doesn't end up in trouble with the singer. |
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| Paul Simon – Train In The Distance Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I would say that meaning of "the sound of the train in the distance" is defined in the lyric as "the thought that life could be better." When you substitute the phrase into the chorus, you get: Everybody loves the thought that life could be better. Everybody thinks it's true. Which is really what the song is talking about. You live within the reality of your own life all the while looking into the future and thinking about how life would be if you could make it. As a child you might dream of your perfect wedding or what you will "be". As you get older you have the thoughts of what a perfect relationship might be even as you are in one that isn't quite perfect. You project yourself into the perfect home and family. People are often looking for what is going to happen instead of seeing the reality in front of them and accepting it and enjoying it for what it actually is - your life. |
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