Happy Loving Couples Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Der_Bulle 

Cover art for Happy Loving Couples lyrics by Joe Jackson

Another supersong from Joe Jackson. You may call the person singing jealous, but if you were the only one who's single among many couples (and even better: been like that your whole life), you would understand what this song is about. Yes, envy. Everyone around you is happy, because they have their significant other. You're not happy because you're the only single. They try to cheer you up but actually they make you really mad. You try to pretend you're happy, but in fact you're not. Because you've been single your whole life, you don't know how to deal with girls (people say I'm to damn fussy when it comes to girls). By that you're pushing then away from yourself. Others call you odd for that.

Try to understand this. I do