It was a long weekend and the rains had just started in Bangalore - although it’s still very hot. Last 2 days when I was walking a nice cold breeze was blowing and I was listening to Simon & Garfunkel (S&G) collection in Spotify. Their words always soothed me. As I was listening to their songs I could visualise the song in my mind. A quaint picture of 70’s life - happy, doubt, questions of what I am doing, love. Cobblestones, rain, rainbows - words which are so gentle and innocent - like the thought of a teenager in those who is trying to grow up.
Here’s one of my favourite.
Kathy’s Song
I hear the drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls
Soft and warm continuing
Tapping on my roof and walls
And from the shelter of my mind
Through the window of my eyes
I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets
To England where my heart lies
My mind's distracted and diffused
My thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you're asleep
And kiss you when you start your day
And a song I was writing is left undone
I don't know why I spend my time
Writing songs I can't believe
With words that tear and strain to rhyme
And so you see I have come to doubt
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you
And as I watch the drops of rain
Weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain
There but for the grace of you go I
