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From: "Drew MacDonald" <drewmacdonald1@gmail.com>
> I asked my parents for a Simon & Garfunkel record after one of the 
> nuns at
> St. Michael's School used "I Am A Rock" to introduce us tykes to the 
> concept
> of lyric metaphor. Pretty cool of her, in retrospect. She also cited 
> Bob
> Lind's "Elusive Butterfly Of Love" in the same lesson.

While I will forever respect Bob Lind for his later career as a staff 
writer for the Weekly World News (true!), I can't help but be reminded 
of Dave Barry's response to "Elusive Butterfly" in his BOOK OF BAD 
SONGS: "Yo, Bob.  I'm *not* concerned.  Leave me out of this."

S