Understanding - Patrick Green
"That lady you saw me talking to,
She was a second cousin of mine.
It wasn't really necessary
For you to act such a clown."
Over a stately but swinging soul background, complete with horns and female chorus (a wonderful cameo by Jewel Bass), the song quickly becomes an anthem for put-upon males, the story of a righteous man throwing off an emotional burden.
The signature line--the line that defines the song and burns itself into your memory--is:
"Seven years bad luck.
Broke the mirror in my pickup truck."