Dave, thanks very much for your detailed critique, I really appreciate it.
I'll try and answer as best I can.
First starting from the bottom, I only heard my first Cohen song, 'Hallelujah' last week, and I really like his skilled use of words.
As to the lyrics...
Have you heard
About the word
I'm not sure if you want to
I liked the way the words didn't mean anything, and made the listener wonder about their meaning, sometimes I do that, I want people to use their own imagination to decide what it's about, rather than giving them a definitive meaning.
You came along
wrote this song (I left off the 'I' in front of the 'wrote', as I liked how it sounded rythmically, i didn't want an anacrusis)
now I'm not sure at all.
I wasn't sure about how the song sounded, whether it was any good or not, so I put that in
so I'm not directing the 'I'm not sure if you want to' to my Wife, but to the listener, somewhat ironic, as they have listened to it so far and not switched it off.
The 'Oh my golly' term, I put that in precisely because it is so archaic, there is so much swearing and bad language in songs these days, it could as easily have been 'Well I never did' or ' 'Goodness me', but I used what came first. It also kind of rhymed with Moni.
I'm so chuffed that it's generated such a response from you Dave.
After it was finished I always had the feeling that the lyrics could have been more meaningful, but I grew to like the ambiguity of them, and chose not to try alternatives.
Please feel free to forward me your own interpretation of the song's lyrics, however, I'm not sure if you want to
Regards
cpm
