I Was Made to Love Her

This is a pretty-straightforward love song, not being as poetic as some of the romantic classics Stevie would drop later down the line.  The narrative revolves around the vocalist asserting that he was “made to love” the addressee who, as noted from the first verse, has been his “sweetheart” since “childhood”.

This is a romance which neither of Stevie’s parents approved of.  But his honeybun, as implied in the third verse, is the loyal, inspirational type.  As such, as time has progressed he has come to love her even more.  And likewise, he is able to perceive that his sweetheart shares the same type of emotional dependency on and appreciation of him.

So basically, what we’re dealing with here is a celebration of what reads like a lifelong romantic relationship, literally, in that the participants have apparently shared a puppy love, since the time they were “knee-high to a chicken”, which is increasingly developing into something more serious.  Or more specifically, with this song coming out when Stevie was 17 years old, the singer is obviously looking forward to spending the rest of his life with this girl he’s been always been in love with and who he firmly believes is his soulmate.