I've never thought that particular quotation within the lyric was meant to indicate that the speaker may never be calling back the other person. More like, "I'd really like to get together but I'm so busy that I may not be able to do it. I may be so busy that I won't even be able to call you tomorrow, but if you call my service, they will have a message for you or a general message for everyone who calls."
It needs to be heard in context with the lines that precede it:
Will you pick me up or do I meet you there or shall we let it go?
Did you get my message, 'cause I looked in vain?
Can we see each other Tuesday if it doesn't rain?
Doesn't sound to me like a blow-off, although I suppose you could take each of the lines a stand-alone thought not related to the others.
I certainly don't think, as one person who responded below seems to think, that this reflects any sort of conversation between Marta and Robert, nor that it reflects any sort of conversation between Marta and anyone. And I don't think there is any laziness implied. Just the opposite. Extreme busyness. All the distractions and stresses of modern urban life that make it difficult to sustain relationships. |
