Paul Simon - Hearts and Bones lyrics

One and one half wandering Jews
Free to wander wherever they choose
Are traveling together in the
Sangre de Christo
The Blood of Christ Mountains of New Mexico

On the last leg of a journey
They started a long time ago
The arc of a love affair
Rainbows in the high desert air

Mountain passes slipping into stone
Hearts and bones hearts and bones
Hearts and bones

Thinking back to the season before
Looking back through the cracks in the door
Two people were married
The act was outrageous
The bride was contagious
She burned like a bride

These events may have had some effect
On the man with the girl by his side
The arc of a love affair
His hands rolling down her hair

Love like lightning shaking 'til it moans
Hearts and bones hearts and bones
Hearts and bones

And whoa oh oh, she said: "Why?
Why don’t we drive through the night
We’ll wake up down in Mexico"
Oh, I, I don’t know nothin’ about
Nothin’ about no Mexico and tell me why
Why won’t you love me for who
I am where I am?
He said, "'Cause that’s not the
Way the world is, baby
This is how I love you, baby
This is how I love you, baby"

One and one half wandering Jews
Returned to their natural coasts
To resume old acquaintances and
Step out occasionally
And speculate who had been damaged the most

Easy time will determine
If these consolations will be their reward
The arc of a love affair
Waiting to be restored

You take two bodies and you
Twirl them into one
Their hearts and their bones
And they won’t come undone
Hearts and bones, hearts and bones
Hearts and bones, hearts and bones