Armistice Day Lyrics

Lyric discussion by snugbug79 

Cover art for Armistice Day lyrics by Paul Simon

What? No comments? I was hoping to make some sense out of this one. Maybe the congressman is just "the man," or the government. He's sick and tired of waiting for the government to do anything, and so he should be. They aren't going to do anything that's of any use to anyone. Maybe the girl like the easychair is someone he really could depend on (whoever she may be), but certainly not the government.

Let us depend on real people, or better yet, only ourselves to make us truly happy.

Ok, I know that's probably way off what the true meaning is, but I thought I'd give it a good college try.