“These are the days of miracle and wonder,
This is the long distance call”

— Paul Simon

The Boy In The Bubble
Song lyrics, Graceland (1986)
Context: These are the days of miracle and wonder,
This is the long distance call,
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo,
The way we look to us all,
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky,
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry, baby, don't cry, don't cry.

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This is the long distance call”