The boy's got brains
He just don't use 'em that's all
The boy's got brains
He just refuse to use 'em that's all
He said "The more I get to thinking
The less I tend to laugh"
The boy's got brains
He just abstains
The boy's got a heart
But it beats on his opposite side
It's a strange phenomenon
The laws of nature defied
He said "It's a chance I had to take
So I shifted my heart for its safety sake"
The boy's got a heart but it beats on
His opposite
Oh, Marion,
I think I'm in trouble here
I should've believed you
When I heard you saying it
The only time
That love is an easy game
Is when two other people
Are playing it
The boy's got a voice
But the voice is his natural disguise
Yes the boy's got a voice
But his words don't connect to his eyes
He says "Ah, but when I sing
I can hear the truth auditioning."
The boy's got a voice
But the voice is his natural
Oh, Marion,
I think I'm in trouble here
I should've believed you
When I heard you saying it
The only time
That love is an easy game
Is when two other people
Are playing it
Guitarra eléctrica: Jeff Mironov
Bajo: Anthony Jackson
Batería: Steve Gadd
Piano: Richard Tee
Flugelhorn: Jon Faddis
© 1979 Paul Simon (BMI)
Disco: One-Trick Pony
Comentarios: En Oh, Marion, Paul Simon expresa la melancolía de un amor que se desmorona. En el contexto de la película One-Trick Pony, la canción refleja la ruptura entre Jonah Levin y su esposa Marion, madre de su hijo. La letra muestra la lucha interna del protagonista, su incapacidad para equilibrar su carrera y su vida personal, y la resignación de Marion ante el fin de la relación. Esto convierte la canción en un lamento íntimo y resignado sobre el amor perdido.
La melodía de este tema originalmente fue utilizada para un descarte del disco, "All Because of You" que apareció como bonus track en la reedición de One-Trick Pony en 2004.