I Know What I Know

the reference "Who am I to blow against the wind" is about just not arguing and just going with the flow of the conversation because disagreeing will be overcome, as would you blowing against the wind.. the wind would overpower you no matter how hard you try. it could also make reference to her beauty and how he is so struck by it that he doesn't resist what she says.

A man and a woman meet each other and they have their ideas - preconceptions - about each other:

"Don't I know you from the cinematographer's party?" "She says that I really remind her of money" "Weren't you the woman who was recently given a Fulbright?"

They each decide not to shatter their illusions about each other

"Who am I to blow against the wind?"

This keeps up the pretence and the allure and so they never really get to know or understand each other. The man refrains as ultimately it's a fleeting encounter - why spoil the fun?

"we come and we go, that's a thought that I keep in the back of my head"

The song is about preconception and deciding to stick with it even though you know it might not be true.

"I know what I know, I'll sing what I said."

pretty cool song. he meets a girl at a party and they both think that there's more to eachother then there is, but neither one is going to admit that no they are not the one from the cinematographer's party because they like each other. really fun to sing along with

She looked me over And I guess she thought I was all right All right in a sort of a limited way For an off-night She said don't I know you From the cinematographer's party I said who am I To blow against the wind

It may be my imagination but it seems like it alludes to the Great Gatsby in a bizarre way. "Who am I to blow against the wind" is similar to an analogy Carroway, the narrator uses in the end that spawn the famous quote "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." There is also a party where one of the characters is a cinematographer/photographer/movie maker, although strangely I don't believe it is /his/ party. Lastly, there is the verse about being reminded of money, which occurs in the Great Gatsby. However, in the book the main female is compared to money, not the male. so it's probably just a whole bunch of weird coincidences.

It sounds to me like two people trying to get to know each other and avoiding conflict at the same time. They test each other, but pull back soon after, so they keep it friendly and not intrusive. In general, tehy both want the other to be happy and not feel like they're telling the other how to love their life, they're very simply trying to see if they're compatible..?

One of my favorite songs!

Singer fondly remembers flirting with an attractive woman at a party. He keeps up a cool banter with her, reminding himself that it is only transitive (we come and we go).

He was being chatted up by a lady looking for someone either rich or well connected she spoke well and was educated. She mentions money and the cinematographers party. He doesn't say he doesn't know her from there as he knows it will put her off so he doesn't blow against the wind ( say no).. He keeps his thoughts to himself and knows its a passing encounter. We come and we go That's a thing that I keep In the back of my head

The song details a pickup leading to a one night stand. Two people making idle chat leading to a night together. They both make small talk which really doesn't matter since they both know where it's leading.

"We come and we go" is a double entendre if you think of it in a sexual context with a one night stand. Which is why it's the thing he keeps in the back of his head.