I think this poem shouldn't be over-analyzed. For me it's obvious in its simiplicity. It's about an ex-partner who has started going out with someone else, who may have more obvious qualities, or at least seem to ("He can make a lot of money, he can touch his toes" and "He can rattle his bell in shining shoe") and the storyteller might even have at some point joined the party (making Sam's words about the song being a threesome believable) but the new guy knows, just as well as they do, that he will never really have with her what they have. Their love is not really challenged by him and they are a still team. I'm guessing the threesome ended up in the original twosome.
I think this poem shouldn't be over-analyzed. For me it's obvious in its simiplicity. It's about an ex-partner who has started going out with someone else, who may have more obvious qualities, or at least seem to ("He can make a lot of money, he can touch his toes" and "He can rattle his bell in shining shoe") and the storyteller might even have at some point joined the party (making Sam's words about the song being a threesome believable) but the new guy knows, just as well as they do, that he will never really have with her what they have. Their love is not really challenged by him and they are a still team. I'm guessing the threesome ended up in the original twosome.
She's the buddy.
She's the buddy.
Oops, sorry. He's the buddy, but only in the low-light. Not a real buddy ("it won't last"). It's obvious.
Oops, sorry. He's the buddy, but only in the low-light. Not a real buddy ("it won't last"). It's obvious.