::Names Week:: Simon and Garfunkel - Cecilia

Simon and Garfunkel are one of those duos that transcend their duality by becoming a whole. You can't have one without the other. I mean, Paul Simon made a pretty good career on his own cranking out albums that topped charts and were great albums to boot, but his work with his gangly, afro-ed pal are where the magic was made.

Their best known album, Bridge Over Troubled Water contained most of the hits, including this one, "Cecilia." Its stomp, stomp, clap off time rhythm and chug along acoustic guitar combine with their perfect-pitch harmonies to craft a song about the troubs and tribs of a cheating girl. I couldn't help but put this song on the list.

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart 
You're shaking my confidence daily 
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees 
I'm begging you please to come home 

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart 
You're shaking my confidence daily 
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees 
I'm begging you please to come home 
Come on home 
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Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia 
Up in my bedroom (making love) 
I got up to wash my face 
When I come back to bed 
Someone's taken my place 

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart 
You're shaking my confidence daily 
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees 
I'm begging you please to come home 
Come on home 

Jubilation, she loves me again, 
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing, 
Jubilation, she loves me again, 
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing