Lyric discussion by skonk 

Cover art for Red Rubber Ball lyrics by Simon and Garfunkel

This song is beautiful. One of my new favorites.

It is quite obvious what it deals with. Motifs are relationships, love, and youth.

The whole deal with the "bid me farewell" probably has to do with rejection. Also the phrase about starfish makes it clear, that the person who is singing doesn't care if he has been rejected, there are others out there.

The roller coaster right? Youth is frequently described as a roller coaster ride.

Its a pretty standard hit the paper lip song, I dont know what that means, "hit the paper lip" but I wanted to say it.

Once again, I love this song.