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Jane Asher's move to Bristol continued to preoccupy Paul. It meant that she was no longer readily at hand even though he was still living in her family home in Wimpole Street. As a young working-class man form Liverpool, he found it hard to come to terms with a girl who put her career before romance. He later admitted to Hunter Davies that his whole existence so far revolved around living a carefree bachelor's life. He hadn't treated women as most people did. He'd always had a lot around him, even when he had steady girlfriends. "I knew I was selfish," he said. "It caused a few rows. Jane went off and I said, 'OK then. Leave. 'I'll find someone else. It was shattering to be without her. That was when I wrote 'I'm Looking Through You'." This was most most bitter song so far. Rather than question his own attitudes (as he obviously did later), Paul accuses his woman of changing and holds out the thinly veiled threat of withdrawing his affection. Love has a habit, he warns, of disappearing overnight. |
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