In a July 20, 1972 interview for Rolling Stone, Jon Landau asked Simon: "What is it that the mama saw? The whole world wants to know." Simon replied "I have no idea what it is... Something sexual is what I imagine, but when I say 'something', I never bothered to figure out what it was. Didn't make any difference to me."
My innocence is shattered.
Had he sang about ‘me and Juliet” down by the school yard, I’d have understood immediately.
Kind of reminds me of me and Cheryl down behind the bleachers, back in the day...