I Was Only Joking Lyrics

Lyric discussion by StreetSense 

Cover art for I Was Only Joking lyrics by Rod Stewart

Excellent comments. I can only add that the line 'illusions of that grand first prize are slowly wearing thin' seem to be his admission that his inability to give love is what will keep him from the altar - it's about marriage and how he knows it will escape him. Some of the best lyrics I have ever read.