498. "Bad Time" The Jayhawks

"Bad Time"
The Jayhawks
Tomorrow The Green Grass
1995

Lovely song, but the singer never identifies exactly WHY this is bad time to be in love. Just poor songwriting right there, making the listener do the work. One might assume it's a bad time to be in love because a family member recently died, and he is busy with funeral arrangements and what not. A closer listen reveals this to be clearly false: there is pure joy in the singer's shout that he is "in LOVE with a girl!".
Therefore the only explanation is that the singer is an accountant and he is falling love during tax season. The Jayhawks should record a follow up, "Now It's A Good Time (April 16th)".

This is a song that tax preparers would enjoy.