I was told, and when I listen it seems to fit, that the lyrics were written about a woman in an abusive relationship that set fire to her husband and it went in the papers and the writer used this as the basis for the song lyrics e.g. "THE SWEETEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD COULD BE THE MEANEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD IF YOU MAKE HER THAT WAY
YOU KEEP HURTING HER .... BANDAGED FROM FOOT TO HEAD IN A STATE OF SHOCK JUST THAT MUCH FROM BEING DEAD" and originally the line read "I SAW HIM IN THE HOSPITAL "
I was told, and when I listen it seems to fit, that the lyrics were written about a woman in an abusive relationship that set fire to her husband and it went in the papers and the writer used this as the basis for the song lyrics e.g. "THE SWEETEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD COULD BE THE MEANEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD IF YOU MAKE HER THAT WAY YOU KEEP HURTING HER .... BANDAGED FROM FOOT TO HEAD IN A STATE OF SHOCK JUST THAT MUCH FROM BEING DEAD" and originally the line read "I SAW HIM IN THE HOSPITAL "