Lyric discussion by chameleon3 

Cover art for A Most Peculiar Man lyrics by Simon and Garfunkel

Paul Simon wrote this song when he was living in England. He read an obituary in the newspaper that was only four lines. Intrigued, he wrote a song imagining what that person must have been like.

Finding a beautiful song in a four-line obit...that's Paul Simon all right. What a talent.