Leaves That Are Green

[alanpartlow]

I was listening to the Simon & Garfunkle song, Leaves That Are Green, yesterday when something about the lyrics made me stop and think. The first line of the song goes "I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song

Comments

[jonathangarrett]

Billy Bragg actually stole that exact couplet for his song, "New England" which I thought was a really great song when I was 21 -- er, 22.

[alanpartlow]

That's a good song. If you're going to steal, steal from the best.

[grubi]

Well, there roll ye, Captain Hasty.