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He smokes cigarettes and watches a kids tv show - it’ s something to do. Playing solitaire over and over when he can't win because he's missing a card, and yet this is still entertainment to him. He spends his nights in his room staring at the walls, counting flowers (probably a design in the wall paper). He says for her and her friends not to worry about him become he is content (either truthfully or that's what he wants her to believe) with the way he occupies his time. She expresses her concern for his happiness since they parted, and he implies that she is not really concerned about him, but this is just her "conscience" that's bothering her. I would say that the lyrics tell of a man who has run into his former girlfriend (or ex-wife) by chance. I wouldn't say that this song is figurative or be so melodramatic as to say he is depressed or in denial. So I must go back to my room and make my day completeĬourtesy of Mercury/Nashville by arrangement with It's good to see you, I must go, I know I look a frightĪnyway, my eyes are not accustomed to this lightĪnd my shoes are not accustomed to this hard concrete You can always find me here and havin' quite a time So please don't give a thought to me, I'm really doin' fine Last night I dressed in tails, pretended I was on the townĪs long as I can dream it's hard to slow this swinger down Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' "Captain Kangaroo" Playin' solitaire 'til dawn, with a deck of fifty-one While you and your friends are worryin' 'bout me, I'm havin' lots of funĬountin' flowers on the wall, that don't bother me at all If I were walkin' in your shoes, I wouldn't worry none I keep hearin' you're concerned about my happinessīut all that thought you've given me is conscience I guess
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