Escrita por Paul Simon,
foi gravada em junho e julho de 1965, em Londres e lançada
em Agosto de 1965 no disco The Paul Simon Songbook.
A
canção fala de um homem que vivia sozinho em uma casa, dentro de um
quarto, dentro de si mesmo. Um homem que não tinha amigos, que pouco
falava e estava bem assim. Este homem morrera no último sábado.
Ligou o gás com a janela fechada e foi dormir. E nunca mais acordou
pro seu mundo silencioso e seu quarto pequeno. Parece que ele tinha
um irmão, mas ninguém sabia ao certo.
A letra:
He was a most
peculiar man
That's what Mrs. Reardon says
and she should know
She lived upstairs from him
She said he was a most peculiar man
He was a most peculiar man
He lived all alone within a house
Within a room, within himself
A most peculiar man
He had no friends, he seldom spoke
And no one in turn ever spoke to him
'Cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't
care
And he wasn't like them
O, no-o-o!
He was a most peculiar man
He died last Sat-ur-day...
He turned on the gas! and he went to sleep!
With the windows closed!
So he'd never wake up!
To his silent world!
and his tiny room!
And Mrs Reardon says he has a brother somewhere!
Who should be notified so-oo-oon...
And all the people said,
What a shame that he's dead,
But wasn't he a most peculiar man?
That's what Mrs. Reardon says
and she should know
She lived upstairs from him
She said he was a most peculiar man
He was a most peculiar man
He lived all alone within a house
Within a room, within himself
A most peculiar man
He had no friends, he seldom spoke
And no one in turn ever spoke to him
'Cause he wasn't friendly and he didn't
care
And he wasn't like them
O, no-o-o!
He was a most peculiar man
He died last Sat-ur-day...
He turned on the gas! and he went to sleep!
With the windows closed!
So he'd never wake up!
To his silent world!
and his tiny room!
And Mrs Reardon says he has a brother somewhere!
Who should be notified so-oo-oon...
And all the people said,
What a shame that he's dead,
But wasn't he a most peculiar man?
A versão de Paul Simon:
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Garfunkel:
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