Posted by Rodney Welch on September 24, 1998 at 05:50:15:
In Reply to: Re: Meaning behind posted by kirsten on September 24, 1998 at 05:20:30:
No question Maggie is one of the best -- the same goes for "The Married Men"; there are songwriters out there who will never come up with a single line as good as "soloing in my travelling wedding band."
A part of that song which always puzzled me is at the end:
I know these girls
They don't like me
But I am just like them
Picking a crazy apple off a stem.
It wasn't until later that it made sense -- it's the singer's own self-serving take on her illicit affairs: she has impulsively picked a man, without much thought to his faithfulness, but then, so did his wife. The wife looking for a commitment and the adulteress looking for love are united in this: they chose foolishly. Quite a thought.