May 18, 2005
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Sail On, Silver Girl
Playboy: When you wrote “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” did you know immediately that you had written a hit?Simon: No, I did say, “This is very special.” I didn’t think it was a hit, because I didn’t think they’d play a five minute song on the radio. . . . Funny, I’m reminded of the last verse. It was about Peggy, whom I was living with at the time: “Sail on, silver girl … / Your time has come to shine” was half a joke, because she was upset one day when she had found two or three gray hairs on her head.
from http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/000817.html
and http://www.ckk.chalmers.se/guitar/simon.interview6.html
