Stacy -
My May 11 posting listed that lyric as one of Gord's greatest, so we are on the same wavelength on this one. I have the advantage of preserving the gender as written.
I associate this lyric with a 5-month solo backpack trip I took in Europe after college. Sort of the equivalent of an Australian walkabout. (Didn't get as far as Vienna on that one, tho I've been there since.) The lyrics of many of Gord's songs were my traveling companions during those days. "Sometimes it did get lonely but it taught me how to cry ... " "Is the ice still in the river? Are the old folks still the same? And by the way ..."
The song also evokes memories of a few wonderful and special people who were almost (but not quite) the right persons for me to have married. Unfortunately, a few of their (and my) "same old obsessions" kept us apart.
For the record, I also had one of those "Betty Called Me In" relationships, but I have different memories of that one.
No regrets. There was too much to lose for me to stay around. But since then I've found someone to whom I can say "I was made for you as you were made for me."
As I hope you have.
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"And the laughter came too easy for life to pass me by." - SDYS
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