“You don’t need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don’t need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free.”
Paul Simon and Carrie Fisher. Photo by Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
Musician David Berman had a great line about Paul Simon’s 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. Berman wrote that Simon was wrong: There are only two ways to leave your lover. He wrote: “You can up and leave, Steve. Or you can go to your grave, Dave.”
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover is one of those songs that resonates, to this day, with many listeners. This is the story of Paul Simon’s 1976 # 1 hit, as well as another song he wrote about his former lover, Carrie Fisher – and how she was the one who left HER lover…