His girl probably told him they need time apart to figure stuff out, and skipped town (to San Francisco where she found someone else, it sounds like). Also seems like he's more willing to take a chance on their relationship than she is. So he's left alone, holding onto this idea that she might come back for him. He thinks he doesn't "stand a chance" without her, so he says kind of sarcastically "we sure know best now that you're gone" (regarding what they needed to figure out). Yet at the same time, her absence has this sobering effect on his mentality--he can think more clearly without her around involving him in her mind games.
It is indeed sad. But a beautiful song all around, I love the meter changes, the echoes and the yelling chorus.
His girl probably told him they need time apart to figure stuff out, and skipped town (to San Francisco where she found someone else, it sounds like). Also seems like he's more willing to take a chance on their relationship than she is. So he's left alone, holding onto this idea that she might come back for him. He thinks he doesn't "stand a chance" without her, so he says kind of sarcastically "we sure know best now that you're gone" (regarding what they needed to figure out). Yet at the same time, her absence has this sobering effect on his mentality--he can think more clearly without her around involving him in her mind games. It is indeed sad. But a beautiful song all around, I love the meter changes, the echoes and the yelling chorus.