Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel
“For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her” is a song written by Paul Simon. It is the tenth track on Simon & Garfunkel’s 1966 album by Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme, where it is sung by Art Garfunkel.
Paul Simon has said that the song is not about an imaginary girl Emily, but about a belief, whil...
[Verse 1]
What a dream I had
Pressed in organdy
Clothed in crinoline
Of smoky burgundy
Softer than the rain
[Verse 2]
I wandered empty streets
Down past the shop displays
I heard cathedral bells
Tripping down the alleyways
As I walked on
[Verse 3]
And when you ran to me
Your cheeks flushed with the night
We walked on frosted fields
Of juniper and lamplight
I held your hand
[Verse 4]
And when I awoke
And felt you warm and near
I kissed your honey hair
With my grateful tears
Oh, I love you, girl
Oh, I love you
For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her was written by Paul Simon.
For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her was produced by Bob Johnston.
Simon & Garfunkel released For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her on Mon Oct 10 1966.
Art’s words, from their 1967 Live at Granada performance of the song:
This is a song about a girl that is fictitious. Her name is Emily. Neither of us know her, but the song is written about her. I’m sure that, she will appear some day."