I've Been Waiting

I would agree that's at least part of it. There are some songs when one verse really does define the the song, and other when I think it's easy to think that. For this one, I think it is easy to latch on the "I want to have you," line, but listening to the CD, he uses that phrase a lot. Maybe it's because he really wants to get laid, or maybe that's just a phrase he uses?

In any case though, I think there's more to it than that. "I didn't think I'd fine you pefect in so many ways," that seems to imply there's at least more than a physical attraction going here.

The line that catche smy interest the most, though, is the "When you said to me 'you are not so old.'" Allmusic seems to think that means that the girl in the song is a lot younger than him, but I'm not so sure. Perhaps they're both about the same age, and she was reassuring him that he's not getting old or anything. I prefer the second one, but the first seems very possible to me as well.

I also believe that the line "you are not so old" could refer to being in love with an older woman who sees him as a child This could possibly be a bit of a story about having a crush on one of your mothers friends or something.

I love how mellow this song is, and how it hides its true meaning. Most people think it's romantic, where Matthew is writing from the POV of a horn dog trying to get laid.

the video for this song has Lum from the anime Urusei Yatsura. that anime eventually got me into Matthew Sweet. i love this song...

Actually, the woman is saying to him "you're not so old" so maybe it's about jailbait? Or at least a woman much younger than he is?

Jailbait, defiantly.

This was the first song Matthew ever wrote for his wife Lisa who he was dating at the time. They are close to the same age so thesilvernoble is correct.

Kick ass song on a kick ass album. This one never gets old. I also love the line "I want to haaaave you"