[Verse 1: Art Garfunkel]
Paul and I go back to the sixth grade where we grew up in Queens
They cast the two of us in the elementary school graduation play
Alice in Wonderland and
I was the Cheshire Cat, and, uh, it's been a lot of laughs ever since
With a few interruptions, this year would be the fiftieth anniversary
Of this friendship that I deeply cherish

[Verse 2: Paul Simon]
We met when we were eleven years old in Alice in Wonderland
And I was the White Rabbit—it's a leading role
And Artie was the Cheshire Cat—it was a supporting role
A very important, very important supporting role
We started to sing together when we were thirteen years old
And we started to argue when we were fourteen years old
So that makes this the forty-seventh anniversary of our arguing

[Verse 3: Paul Simon]
And now we don't argue any more
Now we say
Now we say, "That's your opinion and I respect that"
We made our first record when we were sixteen years old
They called us Tom and Jerry
And our song was called "Hey Schoolgirl in the Second Row"
And it went like this