It's basically a love song, and it is filled with similes and metaphors, as well as influences from Gospel Music. The singer says he will be "like a bridge over troubled waters" when the woman he loves is afraid or needs reassurance. He compares himself to a bridge because he wants to be the one she relies on during times of trouble, and he says in this simile that he will lay himself down so that she can walk across to safety; he compares whatever is worrying her to "troubled waters" (as in, the storms of life) and says his love will lead her from sadness to happiness, from fear to comfort.
your probably thinking of bridge over troubled water.
Love can build a bridge - The Judds Bridge over troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel Burning bridges - Garth Brooks
Paul Simon wrote the song. Art Garfunkel sang it.
Larry Knechtel keyboardist for the group bread was a studio musician and played the piano part for Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water
Paul Simon is generally the primary singer on the majority of the Simon and Garfunkel tracks. However, there are several famous songs in which Art Garfunkel takes up the lead vocals (Bridge Over Troubled Water, For Emily, etc).
In total, the musical duo Simon and Garfunkel recorded over 90 original songs together. Their most famous were Bridge Over Troubled Water, Mrs. Robinson, and Kodachrome.
An original vinyl may fetch around $100, but is pretty cheap to buy on cd
Paul Simon Not so! Martin Carthy wrote this song. He showed it to Simon while the two were at dinner, and Simon took it and quickly had it copyrighted in his name. Carthy was left holding the short straw on this deal.
It was Paul Simon who recorded the song "The Boxer" in 1970 on the Simon and Garfunkel album entitled Bridge Over Troubled Water - not James Taylor. I'm sure you can download it from iTunes or Amazon Mp3 or any MP3 download site.
Paul Simon wrote the song in the summer of 1969 while Art Garfunkel was busy filming Catch-22. Simon brought the song into the studio to record but it only had two verses. He and producer, Roy Halee, felt the song needed a third verse. Simon wrote the third verse in the studio, but never felt it blended well with the first two verses.
Head Over Heels - Belinda Carslie Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland Come Over and Get It - Fiona Apple Come On Over - Christina Aguilara
Some popular songs often performed by a choir in music concerts include "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen, "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon Garfunkel.