So long, Frank Lloyd Wright.

(We need to get on the bus.)

I can’t believe your song is gone so soon

(I long to spend more time in this neighborhood.)

I barely learned the tune

(Never before had I realized your important contributions to architecture.)

So soon, so soon…

(I can’t wait until the next opportunity to explore your work.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ll remember Frank Lloyd Wright.

(I’ll relate to many all I saw and learned today.)

All of the nights we’d harmonize till dawn.

(Your lines calmed me as I pondered each home and room.)

I never laughed so long

(A satisfied smile emerged from my soul.)

So long, so long…

(I’m sorry I must go.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       Architects may come and architects may go and never change your point of view.

(Many structures have shown themselves to me in my many years.)

       When I run dry, I stop awhile and think of you.

(When I see them now, I’ll see the strokes your hand would apply.)

I’ll remember Frank Lloyd Wright.

(Always)

All of the nights we’d harmonize till dawn.

(I’ve imagined your day as I passed from room to room.)

I never laughed so long

(A satisfied smile emerged from my soul.)

So long, so long….

(I’m sorry I must go.)

 

 

 

My apologies to Paul Simon

Italicized words in the parentheses are mine

“So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright” by Simon & Garfunkel from Bridge Over Troubled Waters, 1970