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Best Paul Simon Tune

I've always liked Paul Simon (and Garfunkel); I'm (barely) too young to have appreciated them when they first came out, but I heard - but didn't fully understand - the music when it first came out. Took a few years to understand it; but Simon & Garfunkel songs were part of my youth.

But I have a bunch of S&G CDs, as well as Simon's solo efforts.

Understand that Simon was the writer; Garfunkel was the singer. No ding on either, but just the facts ma'am...

There are a lot of votes for best Paul Simon song - I'd guess including "Bridge Over Trouble Waters," "Sounds of Silence" and "Mrs. Robinson" (maybe the solo "Graceland"), but my vote goes elsewhere.

The Paul Simon tune I like best is from his second solo album: "American Tune."

Just resonates for me, both the lyrics and the music. Haunting.

I play this often.

His BEST song? I dunno. My personal favorite, however.

And I dreamed I was dying, I dreamed that my soul rose unexpectedly
And looking back down at me, smiled reassuringly
And I dreamed I was flying, and high up above my eyes could clearly see
The statue of liberty, sailing away to sea, and I dreamed I was flying