59th Street Bridge Song Lyrics

Lyric discussion by snugbug79 

Cover art for 59th Street Bridge Song lyrics by Paul Simon

Whenever I hear this song, I think of a vacation my family took to San Francisco when I was a kid. I listened to Simon and Garfunkels' Greatest Hits over and over again on my headphones throughout that whole trip. This song reminds me of my brief encounter with childhood. It's a mental photograph, kind of like what Simon refers to in that song from Bookends: "time it was, what a time it was. A time of innocence, a time of confidences...preserve your memories, they're all that's left you."