>>>>Somehow from one link to another I came to a live performance of Simon and Garfunkel singing "Bridge Over Troubled Water." I consider it about the most perfect song ever written if you exclude "Amazing Grace."
>>>Not bad for a song about heroin I guess...
>>
>>It's about heroin? Seriously?
>>
>>~~Bonnie
>
>yep - just read the lyrics:
>
>Sail on Silver Girl,
>Sail on by
>Your time has come to shine
>All your dreams are on their way
>
>Silver Girl / Silver Lady is street slang for heroin.

That sounded surprising enough to me to check it out. On one site, I find this:

The line "Sail on, silver girl" is often reputed to refer to a needle (meaning the song is about heroin) but it actually refers to Simon's girlfriend (and later wife) Peggy Harper who found a few gray hairs and was upset. The lyric was meant as a joke - Simon calling her "Silver Girl" because of her hair. (thanks, Helen - York, England)

Also http://www.allmusic.com/song/bridge-over-troubled-water-t2996522.

And this one has a direct quote from Paul Simon.

Tamar