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We are once again met with romantic fare from 1960s’ Stevie.  But this time around, he isn’t gushing over the apple of his eye per se.

Rather, the addressee is her boyfriend who, as implied in the verses, is a toxic partner.  So Stevie is foreseeing that eventually, the girl is going to get fed up and leave her current beau.  And when she does, he’s eagerly waiting on the sidelines to scoop her up.

So the vocalist actually proceeds to warn the addressee.  Therefore, the tone of the lyrics don’t come off as taunts or as if Stevie is feening for the lady.  Instead, he’s letting her boyfriend that there is someone, himself actually, who is lurking in the wings and, unlike him, is more than willing to treat her right.  So sentimentally, this track comes off as being sort of a predecessor to songs such as R. Kelly‘s When a Woman’s Fed Up (1998).