Simon And Garfunkel - Bookends

Songs on this album have, for some reason, have featured prominently in my love life.

From the minute I was born up until I finally put an end to it, everyone called me Kathy. Ex-boyfriend Alex, who I dated for 5 years starting when I was 17 used to sing the following line from "America" to me:

Kathy, I'm lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping
I'm empty and aching and I dont know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike
They've all gone to look for America


Because I was young, I found this devastatingly romantic.

Years later a certain 19-year-old who I, at the age of 25, planned on having a short fling with, endeared himself to me by making jokes about me being "Mrs. Robinson". The fling is still going on 7.5 years later.

Clearly, if you want me to sleep with you you just have to work this album into a conversation with me.

Favorite tracks: "Mrs. Robinson", "America", "Overs"
Favorite lyrics: See above