I thought it sounded really hokey when I first heard it. There's something about the banjo-ish spounding guitar or something-not sure how to explain it-that I just couldn't stand. I like it a lot better now. I was surprised that it got a small amount of airplay and actually made the Hot 100- I think it went to 90 or something (not much to brag about, but still...).
The "she refused to wear her coat" bit always seemed kind of clunky lyrically, but I love:
you prefer to be just a little bit in & out of agany
you prefer to be just a little bit in and out of love with me
Well yesterday I was
(Yesterday I was)
Fascinated by somebody else
It seems like even in the few Stevie songs that I ever really just don't like (Thousand Days I like far less even than Paper Doll-kills me to listen to it) there are at least a few lyrics that I really like.
Ricoh
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