Lyric discussion by schnitzi 

Cover art for Sweet Amelia lyrics by Connie Converse

Well, this one is a serious head-scratcher, but two observations:

  1. Given the year this was recorded (mid-50's?), this is surely one of the earliest cultural references to Dick Van Dyke from an external source.

  2. It eventually occurred to me that this song was likely intended to be a duet, between a man and a woman. Notice the lines she sings in a comically low register, and how they trade off with lines in her normal singing voice. And while I still have no clue as to what the song means, the "man" parts also seem to be much more cynical, lyrically.