I think you’ll do (just what) you choose to do/
And I will be alone again tonight my dear.

The narrator is tired of waiting patiently for his love and now he finds himself alone. We get the feeling he was more in love with her than she was with him. I don’t get the feeling that this is a situation like “Wonderful Tonight”, where he is complaining about being patient about her getting ready to go out to a party.  Here, he couldn’t wait any longer for her to love him and so it sounds like he left…and he’ll be alone tonight.

I would characterize “Alone Again Or” by Love as psychedelic rock- but you can see several different musical influences in the track. Of specific interest is the choice to use the Mexican trumpet for the solo. Flutes and guitars are big solo instruments in psychedelic rock. Perhaps experimenting with instruments for the solo is another characteristic we should add to the “characteristics of psychedelic rock” list we are developing.

This song has the layered vocals, the bridge that sounds so different it could be a different song, fanciful instrumentation….and it was written in the summer of love. A clear psychedelic rock classic.

Alone Again Or Lyrics

Yeah, I said it’s all right.
I won’t forget,
All the times I waited patiently for you.
I think you’ll do (just what) you choose to do.
And I will be alone again tonight my dear.

Yeah, I heard a funny thing.
Somebody said to me,
“You know that I could be in love, with almost everyone”.
I think that people are the greatest fun,
And I will be alone again tonight, my dear.

Yeah, I heard a funny thing.
Somebody said to me.
“You know that I could be in love with almost everyone”.
I think that people are the greatest fun,
And I will be alone again tonight, my dear.

Songwriters: Brian Maclean