I have a Live version of this song. Before he plays this song, Sufjan tells about what it is about. To understand who Robin is, click on the song "The Dress Looks Nice On You." I posted what he ways before that song. It kind of explains it. Anyway, here's what he says before this song:
The next year, Robin got a little smart, and she thought, well, she was interested in getting a husband, and she thought, "Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place." We just decided to be friends, and she put her name in this computer dating service, they match you up according to your personality. This was really popular back then too. It wasn't internet dating, because we didn't quite have the internet back then, but it was, you go into this office and they match you up with your likes and your dislikes. So that's how she met her fiance Rob. So, which I was very happy for her, but it all happened so fast, within five months she was engaged and she was married and she invited me to the wedding, to be in the wedding. So, that was fun. (Sarcastically) You know it wasn't so much that I was devastated, but , you know, when you're 14 it's just all sorts of chemical things going on in your body, and you don't really know how to process everything, so. So, I found it really hilarious, but also kind of really devastating too, so I was kind of a little bi-polar at the time. But I went to the wedding, and, uh, it was very surreal. It was very hot. There was no air-conditioning in the church, and it was August. My tuxedo was a little too tight. This song is called "A Size Too Small." (Laughs) Let's see if I can do this one.
I have a Live version of this song. Before he plays this song, Sufjan tells about what it is about. To understand who Robin is, click on the song "The Dress Looks Nice On You." I posted what he ways before that song. It kind of explains it. Anyway, here's what he says before this song:
The next year, Robin got a little smart, and she thought, well, she was interested in getting a husband, and she thought, "Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place." We just decided to be friends, and she put her name in this computer dating service, they match you up according to your personality. This was really popular back then too. It wasn't internet dating, because we didn't quite have the internet back then, but it was, you go into this office and they match you up with your likes and your dislikes. So that's how she met her fiance Rob. So, which I was very happy for her, but it all happened so fast, within five months she was engaged and she was married and she invited me to the wedding, to be in the wedding. So, that was fun. (Sarcastically) You know it wasn't so much that I was devastated, but , you know, when you're 14 it's just all sorts of chemical things going on in your body, and you don't really know how to process everything, so. So, I found it really hilarious, but also kind of really devastating too, so I was kind of a little bi-polar at the time. But I went to the wedding, and, uh, it was very surreal. It was very hot. There was no air-conditioning in the church, and it was August. My tuxedo was a little too tight. This song is called "A Size Too Small." (Laughs) Let's see if I can do this one.