I Was Only Joking Lyrics

Lyric discussion by melcantspell 

Cover art for I Was Only Joking lyrics by Rod Stewart

This song is about loneliness. Finding out that you're never quite going to fit in, so you pretend that you were joking to make yourself less vulnerable. It's about trying to make a connection, at home, in school, in relationships, on stage, and realizing that you always end up alone, pretending it was a joke so you wouldn't have to admit how much it hurt.

Yes that is what I felt

Been there, done that. Not a good way to feel.