When I hear this song, I think of a faint memory I have from when I was very little. I think it was an educational event, or maybe just my teacher asking the class a moral question: what would you do if you found a lost wallet? They told us if you did, you should return it. I don't think I quite knew what I would do, because I was young and all I could understand was that there are valuable things in a person's pocket. I've never found anyone's wallet before but now I say I would return it. I couldn't steal something when I look through the contents and see "pictures of your small family" without thinking that the person I'm stealing from has a life, and a family, and that the same thing could happen to me some day.
I like the way she ends the song, "you'll never know me, I'll never know you, but you'll be so happy when they call you up"
It feels like, well, when I think about what's in it for me if I return your wallet to you, materialistically there is nothing. But at least I know that what I'm doing is going to make someone out there really happy.
This may not be what Regina meant, but it's just what this song reminds me of.
When I hear this song, I think of a faint memory I have from when I was very little. I think it was an educational event, or maybe just my teacher asking the class a moral question: what would you do if you found a lost wallet? They told us if you did, you should return it. I don't think I quite knew what I would do, because I was young and all I could understand was that there are valuable things in a person's pocket. I've never found anyone's wallet before but now I say I would return it. I couldn't steal something when I look through the contents and see "pictures of your small family" without thinking that the person I'm stealing from has a life, and a family, and that the same thing could happen to me some day. I like the way she ends the song, "you'll never know me, I'll never know you, but you'll be so happy when they call you up" It feels like, well, when I think about what's in it for me if I return your wallet to you, materialistically there is nothing. But at least I know that what I'm doing is going to make someone out there really happy.
This may not be what Regina meant, but it's just what this song reminds me of.