Writer knows he didn't put his best foot forward, didn't try. And it's not the girl, it's just that the writer had bigger plans. The girl alleviated the temporary loneliness, but its just a trick (see vol.2 live version, they emphasize "the trick, the trick, the trick!"
Maybe she wasn't the best either, which makes the break easier, makes the song upbeat. But he wasn't lying about what he was. He was just killin' time before the Carolina jubilee!
Writer knows he didn't put his best foot forward, didn't try. And it's not the girl, it's just that the writer had bigger plans. The girl alleviated the temporary loneliness, but its just a trick (see vol.2 live version, they emphasize "the trick, the trick, the trick!"
Maybe she wasn't the best either, which makes the break easier, makes the song upbeat. But he wasn't lying about what he was. He was just killin' time before the Carolina jubilee!