I want to like this song but the problem is inconsistency in the lyrics as to whom is being addressed. Is he talking to the ex-girlfriend or her new lover or both? The lyrics switch from "out with my girl" to "without you, so lonely for you" on a dime, then the last verse seems to switch to the new lover again. Is there some kind of strange threesome dynamic at work or a same-sex/male-bonding thing? Has the girlfriend been stolen away by another old girlfriend into a girl/girl relationship? Seeing that this record is from 1965, when such things were left unspoken, it seems unlikely this is a record which is based on a complicated relationship. It more likely this amateurishness is a result of green songwriters and not any intentional shift in dialogue. Shame, it had real potential.
I want to like this song but the problem is inconsistency in the lyrics as to whom is being addressed. Is he talking to the ex-girlfriend or her new lover or both? The lyrics switch from "out with my girl" to "without you, so lonely for you" on a dime, then the last verse seems to switch to the new lover again. Is there some kind of strange threesome dynamic at work or a same-sex/male-bonding thing? Has the girlfriend been stolen away by another old girlfriend into a girl/girl relationship? Seeing that this record is from 1965, when such things were left unspoken, it seems unlikely this is a record which is based on a complicated relationship. It more likely this amateurishness is a result of green songwriters and not any intentional shift in dialogue. Shame, it had real potential.