"Darling Be Home Soon," The Lovin' Spoonful (1967)
A tentative, beautiful love song
Peak: #15 on the Hot 100
Streams: 8.7 million
It’s the “quarter of my life” part that gets me. John Sebastian wrote “Darling Be Home Soon” when he was 22, and the song aches with a young man’s realization that real love reorganizes you in ways you can’t predict. “A quarter of my life has almost passed,” he sings. “I think I’ve come to see myself at last.”…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to The Lost Songs Project to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.