The title track is about Simon and his then-wife Carrie Fisher as they travel through New Mexico ("one and one-half wandering Jews"), and also about love in general and their divorce. The album also contains one of the few songs about numbers (and love)—"When Numbers Get Serious", which evokes the beginnings of the Information Age. Also unusual is "Think Too Much", actually two different songs with the same title and chorus line, dealing generally with thinking (and love). The eighth track is about the artist Rene Magritte and his wife Georgette, and fancifully suggests that they secretly admired the music of such R&B and doo-wop artists as The Penguins, The Moonglows, The Orioles, and The Five Satins. The last track is Simon's homage to Johnny Ace, an early rock and roller who committed suicide, and to John Lennon.

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