Old Friends, Bookends Theme Songtext
von Simon & Garfunkel

Old friends, old friends sat on their park bench like bookends
A newspaper blown through the grass falls on the ′round toes
On the high shoes of the old friends

Old friends, winter companions
The old men lost in their overcoats waiting for the sunset
The sounds of the city sifting through trees
Settle like dust on the shoulders of the old friends


Can you imagine us years from today sharing a park bench quietly?
How terribly strange to be 70?
Old friends
Memory brushes the same years
Silently sharing the same fear

Time it was and what a time it was, it was
A time of innocence
A time of confidences
Long ago it must be
I have a photograph
Preserve your memories
They're all that′s left o' you