I must say I've never taken it the way you say, or heard of that interpretation. I'm not sure what leads you to that in the lyrics or tone -- I'm assuming you took "look i'll call you in the morning" to be it's own new thought and for it to paint a picture of a one night stand? But to me that lyric is connected to the scene described of trying to meet someone and missing them, "Did you get my message? 'Cause I looked in vain.
"Can we see each other Tuesday if it doesn't rain? Look I'll call you in the morning or my service will explain."
But I do see how I could be wrong and maybe they are all meant as isolated messaged unrelated to the others, attempting to be associated with a unique situation.
Either way I always wished Sondheim would write a new, more evergreen lyric that isn't so specific to the period, and not only to the period but to an audience who knows what that means in context of the period. Most people born after 1970 wouldn't even know what it refers to. I know I had to guess. But I'd love a new lyric or the option to put one in at least if you're not doing a period production. So many productions, including Broadway and West End revivals, have set it in current day, and then that lyric stands out as bizarre and unfit -- along with a few others. |
