"And all the wonders of the world
Mean nothing until I return
In time for tea
Sat on my settee"
I love this verse. It reminds me so much of somebody I know that it's almost unreal. The idea of the "wonders of the world" meaning "nothing" until you can sit on your settee and eat your tea. Because to him (and perhaps also to the singer) it is eating your dinner in your living room that is the real "wonder".
I think within the context of the song, suddenly becoming involved with an old lover the idea of the settee and your tea is the idea of stability. He's questioning whether he'd rather have this old flame or whether he'd rather stay as the "rock" and be able to eat his tea in his own living room
"And all the wonders of the world Mean nothing until I return In time for tea Sat on my settee" I love this verse. It reminds me so much of somebody I know that it's almost unreal. The idea of the "wonders of the world" meaning "nothing" until you can sit on your settee and eat your tea. Because to him (and perhaps also to the singer) it is eating your dinner in your living room that is the real "wonder". I think within the context of the song, suddenly becoming involved with an old lover the idea of the settee and your tea is the idea of stability. He's questioning whether he'd rather have this old flame or whether he'd rather stay as the "rock" and be able to eat his tea in his own living room