Lyric discussion by tsreyb 

Cover art for Alfie lyrics by Burt Bacharach

lovely, touching lyrics. never quite figured out exactly the meaning of ".. what will you lend on an old golden rule?"

Ideas anyone? I know what the Golden Rule is (for example, do unto others as you would have them do unto you), but to lend on it??? strange wording.

@tsreyb Hal David wrote the line and said he was just trying to fill in the words to the music Burt Bacharach had done...he said it actually meant nothing and was open to interpretation. Bacharach liked the line and wanted to keep it.

Generally it's about love. There's filial, romantic and agape love in it. Old golden rule, yes it's what we read in the book., God's love agape, which is the greatest and different to romantic that we feel towards the other. Lastly the filial is 2hat we have for our love ones. You can find these 3 love in the lyrics.