"
Sweet Thing" is the third track of the beautiful
album "
Astral Weeks" (1968) by
Van Morrison. Read the
excellent review of this album by
dannye and the lyrics of this song somewhere above this write-up.
"
Sweet Thing" follows the
song "
Beside You" almost naturally. After the
anguish tinged with
hope in "
Beside You", you will now hear joy with a slight
aftertaste of
pain in "
Sweet Thing". Van sounds
exuberant and
happy.
If you listen carefully, you will hear a slight mistake at the end of the last verse. The string section switches to the chorus a little too late. "
Astral Weeks" was recorded in 2 days, and part of its
charm is the slightly flawed but oh so
beautiful flow of the
music.
For me the key line in this
song is "I'll be satisfied not to read in between the lines". To be able to take what you know and feel at
face value and be
happy with it, just as it is... To be worry-free without having to look for hidden meanings ... It must be true
happiness.
Has someone ever made you smile through your
tears? That is the
feeling I get from this song.