The opening paragraph at Songfacts.com about the 389th greatest song of all time gives a brief-but-accurate description of the lyrical content of "Just My Imagination" by the Temptations:
The song is about a guy who is madly in love with a girl, but they're only together in his imagination. Every day, he watches her walk by his window, and in his reverie, he pictures their life together. In reality, she doesn't even know him.
What the bare facts and the dreamy musical arrangement fail to capture is how undeniably creepy the song is:
Each day through my window I watch her as she passes by
I say to myself, "You're such a lucky guy"
To have a girl like her is truly a dream come true
Out of all the fellows in the world, she belongs to you
Soon we'll be married and raise a family
A cozy little home out in the country
With two children, maybe three
I tell you I can visualize it all
This couldn't be a dream, for too real it all seems
Ev'ry night on my knees I pray
"Dear Lord, hear my plea
Don't ever let another take her love from me"
Or I will surely die
Her love is heavenly
When her arms enfold me
I hear a tender rhapsody
But in reality
She doesn't even know me
Girl...you need to get yourself a restraining order ASAP!
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