Satx,
I’ll whimp out on my answer. Everybody has their own “pet” belief. There was even a movie made, based on the song. All I can really say is, after more than half a century.... the mystery continues...
busykngt,
Me TOO.
The theory of "certain coeds" in the Summer of 1967 was that the lovers threw their newborn off the bridge. = Inasmuch as this was a teenage girl living at home, I find that the MOST UNLIKELY of many weird theories.
WISHING that I could remember the name of the "answer record" by "Brother Taylor", with him standing over her grave.
yours, satx
Takes me to a good time in my life.
Mine isn't flavorful like yours. Thanks for sharing though.FireInTheWire,
AGREED 100%. = The Summer session at college was when I met "the love of my life", i.e., the girl who was in love with me BUT wouldn't offend her family by marrying "a poor boy from Nowheresville, TX". - Her family "had money" & was "socially prominent" in Arkansas.
(After I was widowed & she divorced the USAF COL, who she married instead of me, we got back together in 1999, until she was permanently/severely disabled by a doctor's mistake in 2011. - About 3 years ago she said, "J_____, you've got to get on with your life. I'll never be any better than I am now & I will NOT burden you with caring for an invalid. - I won't let you continue to sit by my bed & hold my hand for the next maybe 20 years. Nonetheless, I will always love you.")
Note: As several friends here know, I'm writing an "alternative history" novel about the 2nd WBTS, set in the 1st half of the 21st Century. - Our over half-century romance is ONE of the several sub-plots in SONS OF BLOOD & DAUGHTERS OF FIRE.
(Fwiw, the book is definitely NOT anything like GONE WITH THE WIND. = Several people, who have read "bits & pieces", call it "an all too believable" NIGHTMARE, when the USA is split into several warring factions/"nations" & a LONG, BLOODY war ensues. ALL of the factions want to dominate the rest of the areas..)
yours, satx
Mine isn't flavorful like yours. Thanks for sharing though.
It takes me to my childhood.