[Janice]

I believe as RMD does that the song is with regard to a past relationship, not the present or future. I also tend to go more with idea that the narrator is a bit cocky, even arrogant, but not necessarily chauvinistic. (whether this cockiness is overcompensation for self-doubt, as arrogance sometimes can be, is a-whole-nother can of worms) OK, still not a flattering trait, but there is a difference. Notice I used the term "narrator" - that's because I don't believe that every song that Lightfoot has written or will write is autobiographical. There are times when songwriters write songs that have nothing to do with themselves, their loved ones, or anyone they know - sometimes they just write a song.