A couple of weeks ago I was listening to some tunes on the way home from work. One of the songs I heard was my favorite Motown record, This Old Heart of Mine” by the Isley Brothers.
I have loved the song ever since it came out forty-five years ago, but – other than the chorus when they pretty much echo the lead singer – I have never understood a single word the background singers were singing. That day I was not cranking it, nor did I have it playing softly in the background.
All of a sudden the words jumped right out and bit me in the eardrums. “Darling I’m weak for you. Darling I’m mad about you.”
