Kathy's Song (Simon and Garfunkel)

15 FEBRUARY 1966

Simon and Garfunkel's breakthrough album 'Sounds of Silence' was still high in the charts. 'Kathy's Song' is an album track from that record, and was never released as a single, although a live version appeared on their 1972 'Greatest Hits' compilation.

It was written about Paul Simon's then-girlfriend Kathy Chitty, an English woman who was also referenced in songs such as 'Homeward Bound' and 'America'. Simon described their relationship as 'his most peaceful time'. Chitty, however, reportedly struggled with the media attention that comes with being in a famous relationship.

Kathy also appeared on the cover of Simon's solo album 'The Paul Simon Songbook'.

'I hear the drizzle of the rain

Like a memory it falls

Soft and warm continuing

Tapping on my roof and walls

And from the shelter of my mind

Through the window of my eyes

I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets

To England, where my heart lies

My mind's distracted and diffused

My thoughts are many miles away

They lie with you when you're asleep

And kiss you when you start your day

And a song I was writing is left undone

I don't know why I spend my time

Writing songs I can't believe

With words that tear and strain to rhyme

And so you see, I have come to doubt

All that I once held as true

I stand alone without beliefs

The only truth I know is you

And as I watch the drops of rain

Weave their weary paths and die

I know that I am like the rain

There but for the grace of you go I'