obviously about an attraction forbidden or otherwise, but in my estimation not in a lecherous manner - the song Young Girl by Gary Puckett/Union Gap had far more racy overtones while this one exudes a certain yearning - the narrator digs the girl and senses that it could be the real thing but the timing is the killer - so what are we left with? does he follow up with this or
does he let it be? that is John B Sebastian's genius in this tune: we'll never find out
obviously about an attraction forbidden or otherwise, but in my estimation not in a lecherous manner - the song Young Girl by Gary Puckett/Union Gap had far more racy overtones while this one exudes a certain yearning - the narrator digs the girl and senses that it could be the real thing but the timing is the killer - so what are we left with? does he follow up with this or does he let it be? that is John B Sebastian's genius in this tune: we'll never find out
@rockboy52 I don’t take the song that way, to me he’s thinking about when he was younger and liked a younger girl,
@rockboy52 I don’t take the song that way, to me he’s thinking about when he was younger and liked a younger girl,