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Paul refers to then-girlfriend Kathy Chitty, also mentioned in “Kathy’s Song”. A picture of them together graces the cover of Simon’s solo debut, The Paul Simon Songbook
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Mrs. Wagner’s Pies were single-serving pies sold in waxed paper. They were made until July 11, 1969, by a company named Mrs. Wagner’s Home Made Pies that was originally located in Ocean Grove, New Jersey and later in Brooklyn, New York.
This cosy detail is a clever contrast to the philosophical search for the ‘dream’.
Sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange to be seventy Simon & Garfunkel – Old Friends
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Simon can’t imagine growing old with Garfunkel. The notion that someday they may be the elderly duo on the bench is jarring.
"For all I've created returns unto me
From dust were ye made and dust ye shall be." Simon & Garfunkel – Sparrow
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And who will feed a starving sparrow?
"Not I," said the Golden Wheat
"I would if I could but I cannot, I know
I need all my grain to prosper and grow." Simon & Garfunkel – Sparrow
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Wheat isn’t a rare ingredient and is quite abundant. To a sparrow, wheat is quite large, so sparing any of it could sate the sparrow’s hunger. The “golden wheat” may represent a place that is plentiful with food like a grocery store or a restaurant.
And who will speak a kindly word?
"Not I," said the Swan
"The entire idea is utterly absurd
I'd be laughed at and scorned if the other Swans heard." Simon & Garfunkel – Sparrow
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The swan is often considered the most beautiful kind of water-wading bird like ducks and geese. It may represent someone who is very beautiful and considered in a higher class than the sparrow.
"I won't share my branches with no sparrow's nest
And my blanket of leaves won't warm her cold breast." Simon & Garfunkel – Sparrow
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The Oak Tree is an evergreen who’s branches do not shed throughout the seasons. Perhaps a symbol for someone who is rich and can actually afford to give shelter, but won’t.
I held up and robbed a hard liquor store Simon & Garfunkel – Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
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Strange things happen in the wee hours of the night. He’s a cheap criminal for hire: $25 and some silver isn’t much to balance out the potential prison time he could endure.
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Since they had already finished their pack of cigarettes, Kathy decided to focus on her magazine while Paul watched the scenery pass by through the bus window. The night creates a shift in tone from their earlier jolliness. Compared with the games they played with people’s faces before, they’re more calm now and partake in their own individual activities.
This could possibly be a metaphor for the finite nature of their relationship. The warm closeness may already be cooling.
If the moon is rising, the sun is setting. The open field is the unwritten story in front of them. As the other comments say, he is saying that it is an end to the relationship.
This line has always felt to me that the relationship is starting to break up. They’re getting tired of each other, and so they each focus on something by themselves. Vague, bland little arguments like “you know we’re out of cigarettes” only help along the point.