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Voices Of Old People by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel (c) 1968 Paul Simon (BMI) Liner note printed on the album: "Art Garfunkel recorded old people in various locations in New York and Los Angeles over a period of several months. These voices were taken from those tapes. We wish to thank the United Home for Aged Hebrews and the California Home for the Aged at Reseda for their cooperation." James Gilliard (of gilljam@ais.net) transcribed to text the voices on the track. Actions or special notes are noted in brackets ( [ ] ) while blank spaces indicate a new voice or scene. Transcription: "I've got little in this world. I give honesty without regret. One hundred dollars for that picture. I remember taking a picture of. . . " "Ohhhhh. I must show you. I must show you her picture. [Footsteps] This was me and my husband when we were first married." "I slept on one side and left room for my husband. But this, this, this, Dr. Kayside, I still do it, I still lay on the half of the bed. [Background: "And that's me when I was two years old."] "He used to sneak in though." "I still haven't seen [name, hard to make out] though. He was spitting blood for the last forty-eight hours. And I can't get him to mucus for the last two or three months. [Background: car horn] Oh yes, and I maintain, I maintain strongly to this minute that I don't think it's an ordinary cold" "God forgive me. But no person allowed money is pathetic." "Children and mothers, that's the way we have it, the mother give, there is mother, darling." "Does mother. . . Do mothers?" "That is mother's life to live for your child. Yes, my dear." "I couldn't get younger. I have to be an old man. That's all. Well." "Are you happy here honey? Are you happy living with us?" "Yes, I have my walker" [hard to hear in background: two voices at once] "But Mr. Singer, are you happy living with us here?" "But we don't do that dear." "But are you happy?" "If you mean, if you could say yes and I saw and I was so happy and everybody. . . What is this? What is it?" "This just is beautiful. Like just a room. Your own room in your own home." End of transcription. |