Words & music by paul simon



Rene and georgette magritte

With their dog after the war


Returned to their hotel suite


And they unlocked the door

Easily losing their evening clothes


They danced by the light of the moon


To the penguins, the moonglows

The orioles, and the five satins


The deep forbidden music


They'd been longing for

Rene and georgette magritte


With their dog after the war



Rene and georgette magritte


With their dog after the war

Were strolling down christopher street


When they stopped in a men's store


With all of the mannequins dressed in the style

That brought tears to their immigrant eyes


Just like the penguins, the moonglows


The orioles, and the five satins

The easy stream of laughter


Flowing through the air






Rene and georgette magritte

With their dog apres la guerre


Side by side


They fell asleep

Decades gliding by like indians


Time is cheap


When they wake up they will find

All their personal belongings


Have intertwined


Oh rene and georgette magritte

With their dog after the war


Were dining with the power elite


And they looked in their bedroom drawer

And what do you think

They have hidden away


In the cabinet cold of their hearts?

The penguins, the moonglows


The orioles, and the five satins

For now and ever after

As it was before


Rene and georgette magritte

With their dog after the war