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Old 12-02-2005, 01:09 PM
jcmack13 jcmack13 is offline
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Default Re: Song Lyrics Thread

I've always thought the greatest juxtaposition in pop song lyrics is in Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson".

"Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? / A nation turns its lonely eyes to you."

Those lines always seemed so full of meaning to me, conveying this idea of Joe DiMaggio as this cultural icon of yesteryear, representing strength, success, and a simpler America, and this idea of the loss of American innocence in the sixties, leaving a sobered nation with "lonely eyes" looking wistfully back, pleading for a hero or a unifying good to light them through a dark time.

This line is then immediately followed by "woo woo woo."
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