this whole time I thought they were smoking doobies?
2026-07-31 18:40:30
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denepheu :
Paul Simon was asked directly and he was like, idk, something sexual, I didn't put that much thought into it 🤷♂️
2026-07-31 18:34:24
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David Gosser :
ha so many of us assume weed that was part of the context of the time
2026-08-01 13:55:34
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depresshirecat :
The best part of a Paul Simon song is when he hints at being a shitty dude tbh 🥰
2026-08-01 06:34:56
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. :
i think that the narrator and julio were probably fooling around and that Rosie is the narrator's girlfriend. he says goodbye to her after he has to run away after being caught with a boy
2026-07-31 16:06:45
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meza :
I, for some reason I always thought it was about segregation, but now I realize it may be gay
2026-07-31 19:37:09
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Natalie :
Maybe Rosie is one of their drag names
2026-07-31 15:04:09
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jordaninbk :
I don’t know why but I always thought Rosie was a prostitute in the neighborhood of Corona, Queens. She was well known, thus the queen.
2026-07-31 18:28:40
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lookin4space :
Mama Pajama saw it but she ain’t talkin’.
2026-08-20 19:55:30
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Andrew Šveikauskas :
corona is a neighborhood in Queens. I assumed Rosie was some neighborhood lady, maybe somebody's mom.
2026-08-10 04:55:13
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frogsorcery :
I have had several unrelated people tell me that Rosie was named after their grandma
2026-08-01 06:57:41
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user7483190994709 :
My dad told me they were protesting Vietnam. And he was from the 60s so I always just assumed he knew what he was talking about lol. But it does track with the line “it was all on the cover of Newsweek.”
2026-08-01 01:07:03
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Papá Gramsci :
Probably
2026-08-01 22:13:40
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FrondOfMath :
Maybe Rosie was the sort of person he thought he wanted before being so very happy with Julio.
2026-07-31 18:14:59
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Vivian🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 :
They were poking smot and making out.
2026-07-31 14:37:12
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Arlo :
I had never really considered what he and Julio were doing down by the schoolyard
2026-08-01 18:13:32
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Gunch (Jay) :
I also thought they were foolin around with each other…. I have a lot to consider now
2026-07-31 14:12:29
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OfcourseIdid :
They were smoking weed.
2026-07-31 18:56:53
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bthayer327 :
I assumed they were drug dealers and Rosie was a customer
2026-07-31 19:07:24
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Nash :
Yeah mean the song is intentionally vague so you fill in the blanks however you please. I just like to imagine it was something super dumb that is technically illegal but only people with sticks up their ass would care
2026-07-31 18:54:16
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Gigi :
I thought it was they weee smoking weed!
2026-08-01 11:47:27
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LolaTango :
They were smoking weed and Rosie was the neighborhood grandma.
2026-08-04 02:08:28
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mrlantwv86m :
Its definitely about an underage girl. “ Pappa say Oy if i get that boy. Im going to stick in the house of detention.”
2026-07-31 19:17:49
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