I Was Only Joking Lyrics

Lyric discussion by markfaces 

Cover art for I Was Only Joking lyrics by Rod Stewart

I have to admit that most of Rod Stewart's lyrics whether he personally wrote them or not most of the time make perfectly good sense or at least easily understood for the most part. I truly like this song I remember seeing Rod on the Midnight Special back in the day and I noticed one of the few times I ever saw him playing guitar.With that being said does anybody know what was meant by: Verse seven is never clear?

Just a thought, could 'verse seven is never clear' mean the seventh commandment 'you shall not commit adultery'. Kinda ties with 'now you ask me if i'm sincere' and 'that's the question i always fear', meaning he's unsure what adultery has to do with sincerity.

Just a thought, could 'verse seven is never clear' mean the seventh commandment 'you shall not commit adultery'. Kinda ties with 'now you ask me if i'm sincere' and 'that's the question i always fear', meaning he's unsure what adultery has to do with sincerity.

well like the other posters above said, the lyrics are a monologue that he is giving towards some lover he is about to break off with...and giving an explanation for why he is doing so (his history as a rebel, unable to commit, giving up on settling down). When he says the "verse seven" line, it's the seventh verse of the song, hence fairly long into his speech to said woman, and his explanation is starting to get convoluted and unclear even to him, so he'll just start spouting off cliches in hopes it will be easier for her to...