From the recording PSST
The song is about betrayal in a relationship and expresses feeling abandoned after giving their heart to someone who was "just passing through" and knew it would end from the start. The lyrics repeatedly question "Who's the man in the gray flannel suit?" after seeing my love interest with someone else. I learned a lesson and won't fall into that trap again.
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Lyrics
NO SOONER THAN I THOUGHT THAT YOU’D BE MINE
YOU UP AND LEFT ME
TO DRY OUT ON THE LINE
I THOUGHT THAT YOU LOVED ME
‘CAUSE YOU SAID SO YOURSELF
COULDN’T GET ENOUGH OF ME THE LAST TIME
WHO’S THE MAN IN THE PIN STRIPED SUIT
I SAW YOU TOGETHER
I SWEAR I’VE SEEN THAT FACE BEFORE
WHO’S THE MAN IN THE PIN STRIPED SUIT?
NO SOONER THAN I GAVE MY HEART TO YOU
YOU KNEW IT WOULD END FROM THE START
AND YOU WERE JUST PASSING THROUGH
YOU TAUGHT ME A LESSON,
AND I LEARNT IT SO WELL
I WON’T FALL IN THAT TRAP AGAIN ‘TIL NEXT TIME
WHO’S THE MAN IN THE PIN STRIPED SUIT
THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT HIM
THEY SEEM TO KNOW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW
WHO’S THE MAN IN THE PIN STRIPED SUIT?
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THAN TO FALL FOR YOU...
WORDS AND MUSIC BY IAN ALLEN ©